I like it when I see a sort of effortlessness.
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Effortlessness is, after all, the greatest commodity a woman can own.
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Work I'd mistaken for effortlessness, taken for granted, failed to notice.
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Her intonation is basically perfect; she conveys effortlessness at all times.
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I demurred, hung up on the seeming effortlessness of "good" relationships.
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Wayne slips into the beat with complete effortlessness, and he raps.
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When it comes to conveying effortlessness, I can't muster up enough effort.
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Subsequent seasons labored far too hard to recapture the first season's effortlessness.
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The "effortlessness" turn has had its plusses: We are fortunate enough to live
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In Australia, as the environmentalist Tim Flannery observed, there is the affectation of effortlessness.
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Effortlessness as the most coveted virtue is nothing new when it comes to women's bodies.
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What may sound like effortlessness now, though, seems to stem from decades of learning and working.
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How can modern-day women channel the effortlessness and graceful of ladies like Michelle Obama or Olivia?
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She defines coolness as a mixture of "personalization and effortlessness," at least when it comes to clothes.
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Like Tomas Berdych in the men's game, Vandeweghe generates blistering pace on her forehand with seeming effortlessness.
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Traditionally, as with a good musician, the mark of a good novelist is the illusion of effortlessness.
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Unfortunately, Gray and Gross (a former Fringe writer) don't bring that same effortlessness to their character-building.
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Ms. Choi was inspired by the Japanese minimalist concept of shibui, which combines elegance, simplicity and effortlessness.
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Bask in her note-perfect vocals, and clear comfort and effortlessness on the stage, for your health.
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The Date-Night Look If there's one instance where you want to exude effortlessness, it's on a date.
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Our ideal situation: chicness that can be achieved with truly minimal effort — not just the illusion of effortlessness.
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Given the rising temperatures of spring and summer, we're infatuated with the effortlessness and goodness of classic cotton.
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The single is bedroomy power pop that disguises its effortlessness with ramshackle charm and subverts that with caustic lyrics.
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If it wasn't a polka-dotted headband completing her fancified Cali effortlessness, it was...another equally statement-making headband.
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The shapes are dramatic, but once you put it on it's quite comfortable – a comfortable but stylish woman reads effortlessness.
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I was a late convert to the AirPods craze, but now I'm fully persuaded by their supreme convenience and effortlessness.
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His hand hangs loose from the wrist in that quintessentially Goldblum-ian attitude of effortlessness, of ease with the self.
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"I wanted to keep that kind of chicness and effortlessness from that great velvet in front [of the gown]," he explains.
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The cousins have an IT-girl quality for sure, but a different one than the effortlessness the term used to imply.
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The very things curly hair has been maligned for — effortlessness, devil-may-care irreverence — are right now the height of cool.
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But it's hard to think of anyone who could have invested the role with all the necessary qualities with such seeming effortlessness.
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Dimitrov, a lithe Bulgarian, has long been compared to Roger Federer and covers the court with the same ease and seeming effortlessness.
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The effortlessness of its diverse cast reflects not just the kind of world we want to see, but the world as it is.
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Collaborating with Uniqlo on another collection using the Japanese retailer's AIRism technology, Wang is bringing his signature effortlessness to our summer wardrobes, too.
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Trifonov dispatches all of it with stupefying effortlessness, in the process transforming this ostensibly bravura music into something elegant and rarefied, almost French.
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I didn't get too obsessive with the liner because Suki's wasn't super precise and if anything, that added to the effortlessness of the look.
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As Baskets's matriarch Christine Baskets, Anderson gives off a similar sense of effortlessness—which is astounding, when you consider that he's playing a woman.
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Simply connect it to your computer to start sharing any music, ringtones, videos, PDF, and ePUB files between your devices with a newfound effortlessness.
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Ultimately, a diverse range of national security threats are tied together by the effortlessness of creating obfuscated ownership structures designed to infiltrate prosperous markets.
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Fed the uncut Leibovitz photograph via magazine cover, women across the world recreated approximations of it, looking to present their own version of perfect effortlessness.
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Deja, still completely unresponsive to Randall, is drawn to Kevin: She's comforted by his effortlessness and lack of intensity compared to her new foster dad.
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The seeming effortlessness of O'Brien's "TV Party" wardrobe — which ranged freely from formal to casual, everyday to outré — was the work of a true original.
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He did it three times a week for much of his career, in 750-word offerings graced with the effortlessness of a Ted Williams swing.
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"I think we sometimes confuse effortlessness with accuracy," Chris Chabris, a psychological researcher who co-authored a book on the challenges of human perception, tells me.
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"It's especially hard for our generation to embrace dancing, because we are the generation that elevates effortlessness and irony," says Sadie Kurzban, founder of 305 Fitness.
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They began by moving through the galleries in a synchronized procession that demonstrated order, rigor, and discipline and inspired awe for the effortlessness of their agility.
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And when awards season arrived, Bong campaigned with apparent effortlessness; he was the guy whose hand everyone wanted to shake in rooms full of Hollywood celebrities.
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Immaculately assembled as they may be, her ensembles are "worn with the effortlessness that Frenchwomen seem to naturally possess," Allyson Payer of Who What Wear posted.
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The rest of the public spectacle masks the personal transformation the women insist they've experienced; onstage, the effortlessness of some of the performances conceals their hard work.
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It is proof of the payoff of hard work, both in form, where practice manifests as effortlessness, and in content, where 2 Chainz gets to boast about the results.
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There was no denying his greatness, before or after, yet a full and true accounting of the man could never be complete when it only involved effortlessness and will.
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He appears frequently at fashion events in zip-up Maison Margiela sweaters and floral Gucci jackets of the kind that suggest a certain Continental effortlessness, though the prices indicate otherwise.
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He has since heard her in Poland and Japan, where he was in awe of "the effortlessness and organic fluidity of both the technique and the emotional aspect," he said.
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It has his trademark seeming — I want to underline the word "seeming" — ease of style, and effortlessness of telling, as if he had an infinite fountain of stories in him.
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Tinted lip balm is here to remind us that effortlessness is also cool, and that a razor-sharp liner and a pointed concealer brush are not prerequisites for wearing lip color.
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Yet nonetheless, whether you have a team of beauty pros to back you up or not, the effortlessness of this style seems totally achievable, even down to artfully deconstructed bun bits.
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Somewhere between Suicide, Swell Maps, Joy Division, and Devo depending on the song, Henge Beat is a perfect 20143-track album that balances icy effortlessness with urgent delivery and flawless songwriting.
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Media uses pop culture icons to get her message across, transforming herself with chameleon-like effortlessness into the likes of Lucy Ricardo, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and perhaps most strikingly, David Bowie.
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But the end result of daily training by endless rote, of technique pushed and perfected year after year, is the appearance of effortlessness, the banishment of strain — energy coherently and peacefully channeled.
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Not only that, these breezy pants exude a chic effortlessness, whether you are wearing them to work or out on the town — it's literally a no-brainer foundation for a wear-everywhere ensemble.
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Bowl cuts generally get a pretty bad wrap, but Halle's wavy texture totally saves this cut from falling into the bad hair day category, giving volume and the look's sense of undone effortlessness.
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She places the lamb across the grill with an effortlessness that recalls (but isn't quite as jaw-dropping) her masterfully pouring 30 perfect shots of whiskey on her episode of Chef's Night Out.
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The "heartthrob haircut" is just the most celebrated example of the effortful effortlessness that reads as soft and romantic but also too cool/hot/busy writing poetry/playing in a shitty band to care.
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To get us in the mood, we've rounded up 12 favorite selects from the Club Monaco collection that embrace effortlessness and versatility — quite simply: well-designed clothing and accessories that will become your new standards.
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He Euro-stepped through cracks without hesitation, recognized mismatches, and splashed contested short twos through the rim—in one of the most stress-inducing basketball environments imaginable—with an effortlessness very few players can manage.
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Even long after his outlandish Ziggy Stardust days were far behind him, the singer always managed to imbue whatever he was wearing with an effortlessness and grace that immediately set him apart from the style pack.
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If no one else is singing at that level — Mr. Chase, charmingly vain in the book scenes, lacks only the effortlessness necessary to ace his numbers — Porter's score remains an astonishing encyclopedia of musical comedy style.
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Unlike other commercially successful and radio-ready rock acts of the 2010s like Imagine Dragons or Mumford and Sons, Tame Impala has a sense of effortlessness that has imbued each album with an undeniable, critic-proof strength.
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That effortlessness was only found in fits and spurts on the rest of Because the Internet, but Glover, who called "Urn" his favourite on the album, may have learned more than one thing from making the song.
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A freighted mass of metal rattling down the runway gains a sudden burst of speed and, in a small, miraculous gasp, loses its weight, rises, and soars, enacting careful turns and radio coördinations that accrue toward effortlessness.
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There's an effortlessness and fun to these new songs that were hinted at during some of the band's highlights like Foxtrot cut "Heavy Metal Drummer" and the suburban sad-sack rocker "Hate It Here" off Sky Blue Sky.
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And let's not forget Sarge, a fountain of colorful insults played by Vince Vaughn, who stands out among the mostly Australian and British cast members for his effortlessly flat vowels and the equal effortlessness of his scene-stealing.
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When the day arrived on Sunday (August 27), there was a lot of expectation on BBK's shoulders, but, obviously, they rose to the challenge with typical style and effortlessness, and—oh yeah—a few killer guest spots to boot.
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But that day you saw what a powwow was and you saw that Paul was perfectly capable of grace and even some kind of Indian-specific cool, with footwork not unlike break dancing, and the effortlessness that cool requires.
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Mr. Ratmansky achieves, with seeming effortlessness, a folk-like style for the villagers that feels wholly unlike that of the Fairy and her retinue and yet (in certain pouncing jumps, landing on both feet, called assemblés) feels fascinatingly related.
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After all her talk about love as labor, and the careful attention she pays to the transactional vocabulary of dating, Weigel describes the circumstances of her own union with the ultimate phrase of romantic effortlessness: she fell in love.
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After all, one of the best things about live TV, one of the moments of effortlessness YouTube TV and everyone else is trying to copy, is that when you turn on the TV, you get… the last channel you were watching.
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While many of her pieces are laborious in their construction — see her cashmere knits embellished with tassels and delicate touches of crochet, or the shibori quilted army trousers from her latest collection — they manage to exude a sense of effortlessness.
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But the bigger reason to embrace the boiler suit is that it's especially practical for early fall, combining the slip-on-and-go effortlessness of a favorite summer dress with enough coverage to keep you comfortable on cool October mornings.
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"Every year, on every job, I work to make the absolute best looks that communicate style, beauty and effortlessness for my clients," Young (pictured above with clients Dakota Johnson and Selena Gomez in 2016) reflects when we caught up with her this week.
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Although she has the ability to sight-read the trickiest of music instantly, and once picked up a piece of music in her sleep (her partner was obsessively practising a score in another room), her effortlessness is inflected with moments of self-doubt.
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Those boys who cheered for the Colombian soccer team, made a ruckus on our independence day, and lived their lives with an effortlessness I envied were the same ones who'd call me a marica during school lunches and mock my effeminate tastes.
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Even if a designer offers a riff on a garment that's more practical than plush and cuddly, it tends to be a decidedly impractical version of it — such as Balenciaga's sensible puffers, worn just off the shoulder enough to erase any pretension of effortlessness.
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And that effortlessness is both captivating and difficult to watch at times because of how well Zellweger plays the part of a woman who can look frail one moment and then be a boisterous center of attention on stage in front of full houses.
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The question of effort is an interesting one for the designers, who are trying to balance a brand built upon the idea of effortlessness with the legacy of Oscar de la Renta, which has traditionally represented the kind of woman who cares a great deal.
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He's also generating stats that eclipse his days as the tip of Indiana's spear, deserves Defensive Player of the Year consideration, and has adopted a brand of stylish effortlessness while seemingly getting Russell Westbrook to consider the idea that he's George's sidekick instead of it being the other way around.
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These microfictions read like poetry; they probe the space between familiarity and the abstract, and it is a testament to Young's sense of visual placement and his writing abilities that the rooms vibrate with the world he's created with little artifice — there's an effortlessness to the way you accept this story and this house as intertwined.
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Reassuringly soul-traditional on her guest features, Woods's voice is so much tangier and chirpier here — she tastes liquid consonants like they're sugarcoated with a faint hint of lemon, savoring her words leisurely and with calculated effortlessness, as choice words echo a little, suggesting the shadow of a choir the way her beats suggest the shadow of a full band.
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If you were to cook Drake's music down to its essence—the intimacy, the effortlessness of its craft, the absurdity—you would probably get this song: a narrative about texting with an ex-lover, veering back and forth between vulnerability and passive-aggressive nagging, and managing to make that moment when "three dots" appear in the text window seem epic.
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Daubing light, smooth, soaringly poised pop sheen on light, jaunty, strummed/plucked country guitar hooks, downplaying the effortlessness of her bafflingly catchy melodies, Clark sings as plainly and directly as can be while adding a bubblegum flavor to many of the best songs with nothing but textured acoustic guitar and electric banjo, plus a slinky rollerdisco keyboard in "Daughter" that somehow sounds perfectly natural.
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Sydney Bennett and and Matthew Martin have a call and response rapport and by trade vocals, with approximately half the album assuming a female POV and the other half male -- another bit of the yin and yang that balances out this LP. The two, who wrote all the songs on the album, achieve a feeling of effortlessness, even though combining organic instruments with loops, beats, and samples is incredibly complex.
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He struck difficult tricks with such seeming effortlessness that it requires repeated viewings—maybe two, or even three or four—to register just how fucking fast he is skating, how high he is snapping, how tall the ledges and rails he is blessing are, how truly ridiculous every trick is, a man launching himself with a blink-and-you-miss-it savagery before alighting like a premier danseur.
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This rank describes enlightened behaviour: "Enlightened beings do not dwell in the state of result they have realized; from the ocean of effortlessness, they radiate unconditional compassion".
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Division of Physics was set up as the absolute starting point of the institution. In 1966 the Degree course in Physics was begun and In 2001 Post Graduation. The first Head of the Department, Prof. Chandrika Devi was a fine mix of effortlessness, sincerity and commitment.
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Provided that the default capabilities match the user's goals, the interface is effortless to use. This is an overarching design strategy in Apple's iOS. Because this design is coincident with a direct-touch display, non-designers commonly misattribute the effortlessness of interacting with the device to that multi-touch display, and not to the design of the software where it actually resides.
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Anatomi is a luxury fashion brand based in Dubai which was launched by Doaa Alghouti in 2015.Shruti Thacker, The contemporary label fuses timeless styles with modest silhouettes evoking an elegant aesthetic.Khulood Ahmed, Anatomic amalgamates sophistication and femininity keeping the modernity and effortlessness to its creations. The brand seamlessly blends versatile shapes, intricate embellishments and impeccable tailoring with a focus on unique details and luxurious textiles.
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From 1969 to 1972, Boxer held a personal chair in the history of European Overseas Expansion at Yale University. Charles R. Boxer died at the age of 96. Kenneth Maxwell wrote after his death: ″To generations of historians of the Portuguese-speaking world C.R. Boxer was a true colossus. His highly original, pithy, and path-breaking books, monographs, and articles flowed forth with seeming effortlessness.
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Kate Kellaway in The Observer commented: "The Long Song reads with the sort of ebullient effortlessness that can only be won by hard work". The novel was adapted as a three-part BBC One television series that was broadcast in December 2018. Her short book Six Stories and an Essay was published in 2014. It begins with an autobiographical essay and includes stories that are drawn from various life experiences.
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Kwan's split falling leaf was praised by skating legends Dick Button and Peggy Fleming during competitions for its effortlessness and perfect split position in the air. Kwan has done multiple split falling leaves in immediate succession (without any turns or steps in between) while maintaining a split position on both.Skating coverage lacks technical merit , accessed May 21, 2014. Another of her trademark moves is a Y-spin done consecutively on both feet.
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The skirt can weigh up to and generally shin length. As in the other forms of Pacific dance such as the Tahitian hura the buki emphasizes the movement of the hips. Generally the dancer is required to show effortlessness as if the torso and hips are disconnected. Hence, the torso and shoulders are to be kept as still as possible and the movement of the hips graceful and resembling the movement of water.
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The song received positive reviews from music critics. Amar Too from AOL Music said that "'Summer Day' might just be the perfect, flagship single for your summer night drives, or evenings spent in your favorite rocking chair on the patio". "The track is guaranteed to provide that extra dose of summertime easiness we're all looking forward to". Jonathan Keefe from Slant Magazine classified the song as "an effortlessness song that is instantly likable and effervescent".
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Doga is a hybrid of yoga as exercise with the use of pet dogs. It began in America, a milestone being the 2003 book Doga: Yoga for Dogs by Jennifer Brilliant and William Berloni; they claimed that "Dogis [sic] never try to impress. They practice doga with effortlessness and compassion, self-aware but never self- conscious." ABC News reported that the 30-minute classes that "allow[ed] you to meditate with dogs" were "surprisingly orderly".
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Our responses are influenced for good or ill by the qualities of head and eye direction at the inception of any reaction. The qualities and direction of our "primary control" occur in every waking moment in response to the stimulus to "do" – everything. A person can learn to influence their primary control, improving effortlessness. This influence involves the education of a particular quality of head, neck, torso, and limb relationship that works as we move and respond.
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His lyrical tenor of an unusually soft and light timbre almost at once brought him love and popularity among admirers of the operatic art. Nevertheless, Lemeshev was a great worker and worked hard to develop each of his opera roles. His vocal and artistic qualities, evident to every listener, are beauty of timbre, musicality, effortlessness of vocal production, expressiveness, very clear diction and incredible pianissimo. The best years of his operatic career were from 1931 to 1942.
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Kihira is also one of three ladies who are ranked in the top ten skaters within the past ten years to never receive an edge call. In addition to her clean technique, Kihira's jumps are praised for their execution: complex transitions, good flow, considerable distance, effortlessness, and short set up. As a junior, Kihira used to have problems with under-rotating her jumps. However, she was able to mostly get her under-rotations under control by her senior debut.
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It claims to improve well-being by bringing attention to movement patterns which proponents claim are inefficient or unnecessarily tense and replacing them with other patterns. Structural Integration, including Rolfing and Hellerwork, uses bodywork, mindfulness, and movement retraining as tools for somatic education. Practitioners claim to make both the body and mind more adaptable and resilient, by improving "alignment" and movement., found in Trager uses gentle bodywork and relaxed exercises called Mentastics to explore sensation and effortlessness in movement.
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" Manjusha Radhakrishnan of Gulf News gave the film a rating of 2 stars out of 5, and said, "While it's sweet at first, it gets cloyingly virtuous toward the second half. A predictable story line and stereotypical villains make it a tedious watch." The Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 2 stars out of 5 saying, "Diljit comes across as somewhat anxious in his efforts to woo audiences in his new avatar. The performance lacks the effortlessness of Udta Punjab.
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He suggested learning which foods were most nourishing and what was best for one's own health. The most important thing in diet, Dr. Hashimo maintained, was not what or how much food was eaten, but how well the food that was eaten was chewed and digested. Regarding the function of movement, Sotai advocates natural movement or aiming for ease and effortlessness as much as possible. The aim of Sotai is to release abnormal tension, which can eventually lead to functional and structural problems.
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Gigwises Jordan Emery complimented its "satisfyingly catchy hooks and interesting ideas", and "slick bassline that just breathes effortlessness and joy". Jolie Lash of Spin viewed the bassline as "pop's best in recent memory" and called the song "an 'I Will Survive' for an era when we really need the reassurance". Writing for Exclaim!, Brad Garcia regarded "Don't Start Now" as a homage instead of an obvious attempt to replicate past success, while musicOMHs Nick Smith described the track as a "Moloko-esque nu-disco treasure".
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He is also the only player after Jimmy Connors to have won 100 or more career singles titles, as well as to amass 1,200 wins in the Open Era. Federer's all-court game and versatile style of play involve exceptional footwork and shot-making. Effective both as a baseliner and a volleyer, his apparent effortlessness and efficient movement on the court have made Federer highly popular among tennis fans. He has received the tour Sportsmanship Award 13 times and been named the ATP Player of the Year and ITF World Champion five times.
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In his review Ben Brantley wrote: "John Rando's production of On The Town, the 1944 musical about three sailors on shore leave in New York City, is one of those rare revivals that remind us what a hit show from long was originally all about. The joy of Mr. Rando's production is in its air of erotic effortlessness." Brantley, Ben.The New York Times, June 2013 An Encores! staged concert was presented at New York City Center from November 19, 2008 through November 23, 2008, as part of a citywide celebration of Leonard Bernstein's 90th birthday.
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They're so good at this that it seems almost unfair in its effortlessness." Clayton Purdom of The A.V. Club said, "Three albums deep, Killer Mike and El-P sound as hungry as ever, and the world is still full of Caesars with ripe throats." Paul MacInnes of The Guardian said, "The formula is probably becoming familiar, but its time is now." Roisin O'Connor of The Independent said, "Killer Mike and El-P bring typically sharp, visceral observations, chugging beats and superb guest artists onto their most successful studio effort to date.
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Few were interested in sources. Above all, in the pre-digital age the work of writers in his field was far harder; they could not fill in gaps in their knowledge with press-of-a-button 'research'. … : Chernev's output — clear, humorous and easy-going — gave the impression of effortlessness, but much industry lay behind it all. … : Although his prose was often conversational, it was literate and carefully structured, bearing no resemblance to the ultra-casual 'I'm-just-one-of-the-lads' stuff increasingly seen in chess books and magazines since his time.
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Today, sometimes baseball players are even said to be shibui when they contribute to the overall success of the team without doing anything to make themselves stand out individually. The apparent effortlessness displayed by athletes such as tennis player Roger Federer and hockey great Wayne Gretzky are examples of shibumi in personal performance. Shibui, and its underlying 'Life', is found in all art and in everything around us—including ourselves. Taking the path to understand and experience Shibui, is a step towards understanding and consciously registering the 'Life' underlying all.
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The TM technique consists of silently repeating a mantra with "gentle effortlessness" while sitting comfortably with eyes closed and without assuming any special yoga position.Ospina 2007 The mantra is said to be a vehicle that allows the individual's attention to travel naturally to a less active, quieter style of mental functioning. TM meditators are instructed to keep their mantra secret"which one is not to reveal to others" page 140 to ensure maximum results ("speaking it aloud, apparently defeats the purpose"), to avoid confusion in the mind of the meditators, and as a "protection against inaccurate teaching".
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"Glamour" originally referred to a magic spell, an illusion said to be cast by witches. Virginia Postrel says that for glamour to be successful it nearly always requires sprezzatura—an appearance of effortlessness, and to appear distant—transcending the everyday, to be slightly mysterious and somewhat idealised, but not to the extent it is no longer possible to identify with the person. Glamorous things are neither opaque, hiding all, nor transparent showing everything, but translucent, favourably showing things. The early Hollywood star system in particular specialised in Hollywood glamour where they systematically glamorised their actors and actresses.
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" Mikael Wood wrote for Los Angeles Times that "All of You puts a significant amount of force into the illusion of effortlessness; its scrim of summer-fun abandon obscures a stage busy with high-level record-making." A very positive review came from Bill Lamb editor of About.com, who rated it four out of five stars and claimed that she has "introduced more variety on her third set All Of You, and it makes the whole album work quite well." Lamb went on to declare that "On All Of You the artistic achievement matches the commercial success.
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According to him, the term embraced all black music except classical music and religious music, unless a gospel song sold enough to break into the charts. Well into the 21st century, the term R&B; continues in use (in some contexts) to categorize music made by black musicians, as distinct from styles of music made by other musicians. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, and saxophone. Arrangements were rehearsed to the point of effortlessness and were sometimes accompanied by background vocalists.
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Such action (and quality of mind) is inherently without conflict. He did not offer any method to achieve such awareness; in his view application of technique cannot possibly evolve into, or result in, true choicelessnessjust as unceasing application of effort leads to illusory effortlessness, in reality the action of habit. Additionally, in his opinion all methods introduce potential or actual conflict, generated by the practitioner's efforts to comply. According to this analysis, all practices towards achieving choiceless awareness have the opposite effect: they inhibit its action in the present by treating it as a future, premeditated result, and moreover one that is conditioned by the practitioner's implied or expressed expectations.
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This unusual album found Coleman taking time off from his electric free funk group, Prime Time, to record acoustic duets with his longtime associate, bassist Charlie Haden. Coleman switches to tenor and trumpet for the challenging music which includes three of his originals". In JazzTimes, Duck Baker wrote: "The most significant dividing line in Ornette’s chronology might be Charlie Haden’s leaving the group in the mid-’70s. This set of duos from a few years later highlights the telepathy that was crucial to the success of so many classic earlier recordings ... a fine, relaxed set whose very effortlessness might make it seem less than it is, which is of course top-notch".
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Judges do not evaluate individual elements in a choreographic segment; rather, they note that it was accomplished. There are no restrictions limiting the sequence of the movements, but the sequence must be "clearly visible". Pair skaters, in order to earn the most points possible, must include the following in their choreographic sequences: they must have originality and creativity; the sequence must match the music and reflect the program's concept and character; and they must demonstrate effortlessness of the element as a sequence. They must also do the following: "have good ice coverage" or perform an interesting pattern; demonstrate good unison between the partners; and demonstrate "excellent commitment" and control of the whole body.
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His hand hangs loose from the wrist in that quintessentially Goldblum-ian attitude of effortlessness, of ease with the self. And those eyes: They gleam with a confluence of fear and knowledge—a mirror image of the look Goldblum flashed the camera just after Dr. Malcolm nearly lost his life to a T. Rex." Furthermore, he wrote, "If the city of London has a lick of goddamn sense, it'll keep the monument there for all eternity—maybe even consecrating it as a national landmark. Sure, Goldblum isn't British, and no, Jurassic Park has nothing to do with England, but just look at that masterpiece: the fleshy bulb of the nipple, the furrows of the chest hair, the pinnacle of what a human face can be.
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""De CAMP, L. Sprague & Catherine C. De Camp. The Story of Science in America," Library Journal, December 15, 1967, p. 4620. H. D. Allen in the Montreal Gazette wrote that the book's story "makes fascinating reading," and that "[w]hile the treatment of any one discipline may at first seem superficial and chatty, the total impact is most impressive, for the reader is left with an acquaintance with the leading figures of the age of science and some appreciation of how the contribution of each influenced a way of life." He concluded "The breadth of scientific knowledge which this book represents is remarkable, as is the skill with which it has been set down and the effortlessness with which it reads.
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However, by confronting the viewer with familiar images, his works explore the dichotomy of contemporary phenomena, such as social media, that carry both positive and negative effects. Further exploiting the possibilities offered by the world of V.R., Lee has also created a series of sculptures that give form to his digital drawings with the use of a 3D printer. While at first glance, the subjects of these sculptures appear joyful and soothing, the distortions of forms attribute a disturbing note to their flashy cheerfulness. Lee’s work entertains a dialogue with the work of artists from older generations. While the effortlessness of Alex Katz’s paintings has certainly influenced him, the use of new technology in David Hockney’s iPad Drawings and Cindy Sherman’s Instagram self-portraits likewise resonates in Lee’s works.
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Csikszentmihalyi describes 8 characteristics of flow as a complete concentration on the task, clarity of goals and reward in mind and immediate feedback, transformation of time (speeding up/slowing down of time), the experience is intrinsically rewarding, effortlessness and ease, there is a balance between challenge and skills, actions and awareness are merged, losing self-conscious rumination, there is a feeling of control over the task. The activity no longer becomes something seen as a means to an end and it becomes something an individual wants to do. This can be seen as someone who likes to run for the sheer joy of running and not because they need to do it for exercise or because they want to brag about it. Peak flow can be different for each person.
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All of this is in stark contrast to his relative Scrooge McDuck, who is also capable of taking advantage of opportunities but works hard to create situations favorable for him; is strongly motivated by his ambitions and takes pride in forming his fortune by his own efforts and experiences. Instead, Gladstone often shows pride in his effortlessness and expresses great anxiety if he would betray those ideals. This is something first explored in more detail in Carl Barks's story "Gladstone's Terrible Secret" (May, 1952). Comic artist and writer Don Rosa has commented about this on the character: "Gladstone is unwilling to make the slightest effort to gain something that his luck cannot give him, and, when things go wrong, he resigns immediately, certain that around the next corner a wallet, dropped by a passer-by, will be waiting for him".
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They state that notes should be subtly unequal—having no three notes the same helps to keep the music alive and interesting, in contrast to something that could be perceived as rigid and monotonous, and helps prevent any feeling of sameness and boredom in the music— the idea of "Entasis". Notes and musical phrases can also be organized in gestures—particular patterns of rhythm that come naturally—rather than strict measures. Another alternative is delaying individual notes, such as waiting slightly longer to play the notes expected at the end of a musical phrase, building anticipation. Additionally, notes played together can be allowed to go somewhat out of time with each other in a care-free fashion "sans souci"—this can create a feeling of "relaxed effortlessness" when notes are deliberately played irregularly (compared to what is notated in the score).
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The album has received positive critical acclaim. "Heaven or Las Vegas is their finest hour yet," enthused Martin Aston in Q. "Ten exquisite moments that make Kate Bush – their only possible comparison – sound as airborne as Motörhead". The album subsequently featured in the magazine's "best of the year" roundup: "The Cocteaus continue on their inimitable course, blissfully regardless of what's going on in the world outside their surreal reality".Q, January 1991 "You may be able to dig out some of the words," wrote Andrew Perry in Select, "you may even get to hear some of the songs live, but Heaven or Las Vegas is Cocteau Twins in their usual, spectacular and enigmatic context". "In times when every other pop group is dragging on board whatever chemicals, '60s techniques and hypno- rhythms they can grab in order to achieve the desirable blissed-out condition," said Roger Morton in Vox, "it's a good joke that the Cocteaus can get there with such apparent effortlessness".
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