ephemerality

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Perhaps Safdie isn’t trying to do anything more than introduce a new generation to Kerr, and throw out some feeble, last-minute ideas about the ephemerality of violent sports glory, as the film’s ending would suggest.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

In “See Through,” artists Nadia Ahmed and Shannon Hobbs work with wax to examine the ephemerality of relationships.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

The movement of the paper is said to signal the presence of the dead, and the delicate material symbolizes the ephemerality of life.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

You could argue that Gego’s work, too, is about ephemerality.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

Once written, words not only defy the ephemerality of the sounds of speech, but also enter the realm of potentially conflicting interpretations.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai