I built trains and cranes with remote controls, my family's Christmas trees revolved, lights flashed and buzzers buzzed, fuses blew and sparks flew.
Soon afterward, revolving red lights signaled the approach of a police car.
Small drum lenses, robust and compact, are widely used today for buoy and beacon work, eliminating the complication of a rotating mechanism; instead of revolving, their lights are flashed on and off by an electronic code unit.
And surrounded by revolving colored lights, she was testing the waters for a new iconic posture as cabaret singer, one that complemented her other, more chaotic persona rather well.
Mr. Millet has also constructed a poetic sculptural installation in the gallery: a group of simple wire-framed paper buildings with revolving colored lights inside that cast window grids that continuously slide across the paper walls.
A few hours ago, in the early evening dark, I stood on the 6th of October Bridge and saw fires flaring up out of burning vehicles, arcs of red tracer from fired blanks, the whoosh and tumbling bounce of white-plumed tear gas, streaks of light made by Molotov cocktails, the crackling sparks of tasers, and revolving blue ambulance light.
By Wendell Steavenson October 9, 2011 A few hours ago, in the early evening dark, I stood on the 6th of October Bridge and saw fires flaring up out of burning vehicles, arcs of red tracer from fired blanks, the whoosh and tumbling bounce of white-plumed tear gas, streaks of light made by Molotov cocktails, the crackling sparks of tasers, and revolving blue ambulance light.
Comparably gentle is Sheila Moss's "Watermarks," which consists of perforated paper cylinders revolving around ceiling lights, casting watery patterns of light and shadow.
Under vaulted ceilings, hangs a massive disco ball, revolving with crystalline light and casting the darkened room into a spangled universe.
There's a woman's life at stake — " "Yeah," I said, and I was already starting down the hill, my car up to the frame in mud and debris, the police there, lights revolving, somebody with a plow on the front of his pickup trying to make the smallest dent in the mudflow that stretched on as far as I could see.
