For the Afghans, the simple act of considering what a peace deal might look like has inflamed factional differences that are still raw two decades after the country's civil war.
Maybe, in fact, the very act of considering the issue opens a window into a whole new, quantum world, one in which ideas and emotions have power outside of the electrical impulses and chemicals in our brain.
Participants indicated that 'trust fractures' could occur in the ongoing relationships they have formed with patients as a result of patients' decisions to pursue medical tourism, including the act of simply considering such international care options.
The act of acceptance is considered valuable in that it removes the need for maladaptive avoidance strategies which can occur when experiences are considered unacceptable.
In his 1964 book, "The Act of Creation," Arthur Koestler considered humor, scientific discovery, and artistic creation to be forms of creativity, because they all involve making connections between things not usually connected to create novel and surprising combinations.
Joshua Oppenheimer: The director of the acclaimed Indonesian genocide documentary "The Act of Killing" is considered an innovator in the documentary form.
Walking around the streets of Kuala Lumpur, it's difficult to believe the act of creating graffiti was considered a criminal act here just 10 years ago.
In a country that bills itself as the land of opportunity, in a society that quantifies success in material terms, the act of amassing things is considered nothing less than patriotic.
The wood grain also provided a new way for Mr. Kelly to explore the intersection of the act of drawing — which he considers the basis of all of his art — and the surrealist penchant for lucky accidents.
