The soft illusions of the photographs have been violently defaced — scratched and incised with a sharp instrument.
Under these conditions, frequently encountered in intimate relations between partners, or between infants and caregivers, a social softness illusion arises: people have the persistent illusion that others' skin is softer and smoother than theirs, irrespective of any individual skin differences.
No soft-filter illusion here: with wrinkles bared and a half-smile warped by the absence of teeth, the woman presents a mellow, lived-in look to the world.
Her use of acrylic paint is jaw-droppingly precise, creating the perfect illusion of soft nutmeg-colored fur, glossy pupils, and buttery-soft patterned wings.
The woman there suggested a shiny gook you smear on your face to create the illusion of soft pink light dangling over your head.
In Mr. Caplan's design, two-tone gray walls create the illusion of soft light and intimate scale while funneling visitors along a single, fairly chronological route through the two floors of the exhibition without seeming to do so.
At least when you choose a soft drink, you are under no illusions.
And yet these illusions, which are the soft attentions life gives to its offspring, have a sort of cruelty of their own, in that they are withdrawn just when we have most need of them.
Wallace said it was an illusion, a product of a soft schedule, and he may be right.
Make sure you hold the pen cil) loosely for better wiggles, making the illusion of the pencil being soft better.
