The tracks "Inspired" and "Undescribable" possess the sensual sensibilities of R&B and soul as her sweeping vocals carry us through each verse, unfolding a vivid story along the way.
But the sensual shapes, fluid sensibility and cool opacity suggest the pleasures of indulgent aestheticism, rather than, to quote the news release, an exploration of "racial and ethnic marginalization".
But glamour, Professor Friedman proposes, is no mere aesthetic; it is a sensual, emotional and magical sensibility that percolated up from American popular culture, elevating the ordinary — a toaster, say — into the extraordinary.
Americans were discovering their senses — learning to value pleasure, distinguish subtle differences, and make fine judgments — and sensual responsiveness is the basis of artistic sensibility.
This wariness lurks beneath a sensibility that's on constant alert for crazy, sensual, often ravaged beauty.
The baroque, sensual, sculptural and occasionally barbaric jewels of the Roman designer Luigi Scialanga are an example of Mr. Valli's sensibility.
