Even his most realistic depictions of medieval buildings in a parched landscape have a simplified power, and his obsessive scrutiny of surface details flows naturally into dream imagery that transfigures humble things.
Founded in 1981 by the Abbott brothers, Darrell Lance and Vincent Paul, it was the arrival of vocalist Phil Anselmo and a chance encounter with Metallica's James Hetfield, who spat on the 'wall of glam' Darrell had in his bedroom, that transfigured the Kiss-inspired rockers into a dark 'groove metal' beast.
As he sang in a fond, conversational tone, he strummed and finger-picked not just the samba rhythms that were transfigured into bossa nova, but also regional rhythms from Bahia and elsewhere.
And just before the final disappearing act, as the music transfigures into the stratosphere, and silence, with a solo piccolo, there's a huge, and decidedly violent climax.
Rick transfigures into a pigeon and Morty feeds him breadcrumbs.
Recognizing the oneness of the Cosmo, your personal experience miraculously transfigures into one where you transcend death for eternal life as extolled by Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Yogananda, Maharshi, and many others.
Duchamp warned against an attitude of "aesthetic delectation" that would transfigure his urinal into something artistic.
This architecture was perfectly matched to its use, with stone transfigured into filigree that enclosed a sublime sanctuary.
Nowhere else in the whole range of literature is there anything comparable to Peterburg (1913 14), by a virtuoso of poetic style, Andrey Bely; it is a travel fantasy within a city that is both real and transfigured into a myth.
His face had been transfigured into sculpted planes that spoke of bygone Xhosa-Khoi relations, and the awkward hair parting was gone.
This early Christian faith went hand in hand with the belief that all things whatsoever will be transfigured into the Kingdom of God.
