It seems obsessives are defined by their ability to focus on a single pursuit at the cost of all else.
Passion for me is not a single pursuit but a thing that keeps me learning and experimenting.
According to the exhibition's literature, Ms. Hadid's inspirations hark back to the utopian early days of modernism, when art, architecture and design were thought of as a single pursuit, creating a bold new order.
Andy Brigham, like many who have settled in this small town, has found a place that affords him more than a single pursuit — he owns the hardware store and is the judge of the Stewart County General Session and Juvenile Court.
The dating is imprecise, so the researchers can't say with certainty whether the prints represent several events that took place during a span of time or just a single pursuit; perhaps the sloths were travelling as a group and were collectively harassed.
If the film suggests that there's something bittersweet about a life dedicated to a single pursuit cultivated with an almost religious fervor, it also stands in awe of its subject's seemingly inexhaustible, self-abnegating capacity to remain attuned to the expression of others.
However you look at it, being the best requires a lot of time and effort, and few people are willing to dedicate so much of their lives to a single pursuit.
Collectively, these hours spent on a single pursuit are voluminous enough to envelop an identity whole.
