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abstract

Definition for abstract

adjective as in conceptual, theoretical

noun as in short document prepared from a longer one

verb as in take away from

verb as in prepare short document from longer one

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She “just couldn’t stop doing them” and completed eight in a period of a few days, before graduating to larger abstract paintings on bigger canvases.

The show is purposefully abstracted, says Hull, to allow audience members to attach their own narratives.

He begins by describing the abstract personalities of different letters of the alphabet, referring to them as staff with “wants, needs, hopes and dreams.”

The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.

The album attempts to recreate that feeling with a series of abstract, futuristic soundscapes and deconstructed club tracks.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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