More than once during a recent gallery and studio walkabout I had the sensation of being in a giant M.F.A. graduate show, with all the cautious, self-conscious formalism and too-tight ideas that implies.
Kneale's writing still feels tight, the ideas radical but magnetic: he foresaw consumerism running amok, the problems of letting the military run the space programme.
Again we see those broad, visual, almost journalistic strokes Lazarus excels in, and her skill at packing ideas tight as a suitcase.
The quartet of Mr. Gress, the bassist, nearing the 10-year mark, explores a lot of different kinds of jazz: airy, slow-moving pastoral ideas, tight locomotive grooves, bop with a free rhythm section and free music articulated with bop precision.
It's a conceptually tight combination of ideas between the old and the new but after the low-key atmosphere of the faded photographs of the previous rooms, the sudden appearance of a projection dumps the viewer back in the here and now – not necessarily a place you want to get to in a hurry after the languorous nostalgia of the rest.
They must hold tight to the idea that they are in prison, but the prison is not in them.
Even pragmatists who admit that most of their trips are tedious loops to and from work often hold tight to the idea that having that car means they could go anywhere, any time -- even if they rarely do.
While critics hold tight to the idea that Mayer doesn't exercise the leadership to steer this unwieldy ship, her Board of Directors remain steadfast and faithful to her vision.
Solid, bright colored leggings or tights are fantastic ideas for autumn and winter.
But the focus is tight; other cultures' heavenly ideas are barely mentioned.Kevin Rushby's book, by contrast, starts earlier, spreads wider and ends later.
Hang on tight to your big ideas, but expect glitches - crossed wires, switched dates and taking your new iPhone back to the shop.
