At any major juncture in life, Hollis argues, we should ask: "Does this path, this choice, make me larger or smaller?" There's something uncanny about this question, which has seen me through several dilemmas since discovering his work.
Here's a 1995 video, enjoying a viral moment this week in 2012, in which fifth graders from the Ray Bjork Elementary School in Helena, Mont., answer this question with uncanny accuracy.
"My aim was to display a figure in a ridiculous pose but one that formally ties the installation together with a sweeping gesture," she says, using her uncanny signature aesthetic to questions the boundaries of computer-generated works showcased within virtual architecture.
Geoffrey Becker's fantastic "Hot Springs" works hard to conceal its own scope and ambition, but the book's coyness (not to mention its humor) only heightens the uncanny, moving power of the question at its core: When it comes down to it, how far will people go for love?
At the meeting, Ivy raised questions about the uncanny consistency of Mr. Madoff's returns.
Fink and Cranor are also getting used to fielding questions about the uncanny secret of Welcome To Night Vale's rocketship success.
"Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture," an exhibition opening in November at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, explores these questions and other uncanny echoes between contemporary shelter and clothing.
Cashman recalled the meetings, how the Boss had an uncanny ability to ask the one question he could not answer — the vague item in the budget, the blurry sentence.
These loops not only question the nonsensical and uncanny nature of the internet, but also bear witness to Ludy's online behavior and habits.
Why would you get anything else?" Analysts don't doubt Musk's uncanny ability to envision and promote exciting products, but they question the effect on Tesla's bottom line.
