strangeness
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When Hua Yan’s 18th-century painting “Brushfire With Animals Fleeing” was first exhibited in a 1990 show, it taught U.S. audiences about the aesthetics of strangeness in early modern Chinese painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
After the robots noisily clunked down the stairs, the strangeness of the encounter began to fade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Its strangeness is the embodiment of a child’s yearning consciousness, a landscape of such heightened sensitivity that it can seem almost otherworldly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
At this point it’s worth stepping back to acknowledge the strangeness of all this.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
But in her mind’s eye all she could see was him, and she wanted to be with him, all of his cold strangeness.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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