Rembrandt's frank, probing portraits of old, weathered men whose intense gazes suggest thoughts turned inwards are almost reversed in Bacon.
The high-contrast, angled cinematography by Joseph H. August; the sparing, stylized use of dialogue; the nonstop musical commentary (by Max Steiner); the use of superimposed images to suggest thoughts and emotions; and the psychologically simple, almost allegorical characters all strongly suggest the high silent film aesthetic that was rudely interrupted by the arrival of the talkies.
Riseborough's performance is certainly very good, though, and another demonstration of her technique, intelligence and versatility: she is so good at suggesting thoughts and emotions that surface slowly and gradually.
The music suggests rock 'n' roll pastoralia loosely in the Grateful Dead lineage, and Mr. Callahan suggests thoughts both mystical and somewhat less so: "All I want to do/Is to make love/To you/With a careless mind".
By Mark O'Connell January 26 , 2012"In getting my books," Edgar Allan Poe wrote in 1844, "I have always been solicitous of an ample margin; this is not so much through any love of the thing in itself, however agreeable, as for the facility it affords me of penciling in suggested thoughts, agreements, and differences of opinion, or brief critical comments in general".
The device consists of an Arduino microcontroller mounted to a glove with small flexion sensors, and it works alongside a smartphone app that suggests thoughts as the user sleeps.
Psychology Today suggests thinking "happy thoughts". According to the magazine, "Positive mood states promote more effective thinking and problem solving". To become more competent, believe you are competent.
Sigal has installed small, dilapidated scraps of stripe painting in the museum's stairwell, where they suggest unbidden thoughts of a worried mind.
Doesn't this suggest our thoughts, projects, words and actions are less valued?
Ayrton Senna always suggested his most intimate thoughts should be shared only with God.
It's a "native approach to western influence", says rapper Vector when I suggest the thought to him.
