materiality
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"What we're seeing is that brutal materiality is still important," says Alexander RE Taylor, senior lecturer in communications at the University of Exeter.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It includes, or at least invites, us—drawing us into the scene as our gaze continues upward into celestial immateriality, all courtesy of the materiality of paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Alys and Helaena fulfill their truest purpose outside the confines of mind and materiality, using the heart tree of Harrenhal's godswood.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
“Usually, shows of his work focus on his ethereality, like the ‘Monochromes’” — Klein’s single-color canvases — “but his show is anchored in the materiality and the tangible.”
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
Oh, yes, we are already growing tired of materiality.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
Substance comprises all corporal materialities: instinctive needs, irrational movements, in a word, all actions where common sense is not a factor.
From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Mme. Blanchard Yoritomo-Tashi
Teachers, being purely ethereal she felt, never descended to the discussion of materialities.
From Suzanna Stirs the Fire by Emily Calvin Blake
"With the great, one's thoughts and manners easily become great; ... what this country longs for is personalities, grand persons, to counteract its materialities," says Emerson.
From Famous American Statesmen by Sarah Knowles Bolton
Suzanna stood a long time at the window, so long indeed that Maizie feared she was lost to all materialities.
From Suzanna Stirs the Fire by Emily Calvin Blake
The arc of descent ends in materialities, and the arc of ascent ends in spiritualities.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
