To romanticize means to “Deal with or describe in an idealized or unrealistic fashion; make (something) seem better or more appealing than it really is,” according to theOxford Dictionary. Viewing my exes in an idealized way is exactly what I (and many others) do after a relationship ends...
There's another theory. Way back in human history, when we lived in caves, it seemed everything could kill us, from wild animals to eating the wrong mushroom. Knowing what the dangers were and how to avoid them was vital to ...
it’s easy to see how Ne, in combination with Si, might romanticize our primitive origins. After all, our most extensive and arguably, most formative, historical epoch is not Western civilization, but our time spent as hunter-gatherers
that's where I met my husband Michael who’s in my band. Living on an island that was very remote and hard to leave made me feel very isolated due to the career that I hoped to have. It just really shaped a lot of who I am, but I miss it as well. I romanticize this place ...
Nerds are shunned not because they're “misunderstood” or because of the many vanities the eccentric and lonely like to apply to themselves in an attempt to romanticize their plight – they simply provide no value. Until They Do Both nerds and conquerors have pushed humanity to the glorious...
With anything that we strive for, the grass usually seems greener on the other side. It can be hard not to romanticize the achievement of your goal. But the truth is that the road to the summit may not always be easy, and when we get there,we may find ourselves with the same mind ...
Baan’s look at the Tower of David provides a stark contrast to the recentNew Yorkerarticlethat documents the same location. In their own ways both the artist and the magazine romanticize an element of this community. Yes, the focus on criminal elements and terrible conditions that exist in ...
we can romanticize it and make excuses but at the end of the day…its taking what was never ours to take….someone elses life… Its not a perfect world and yes animals do get killed in the production of fruit and vegetables…but using that as an excuse to continue to eat animals is ...
From what I understand so far, I think it would have been toxic for me at the age of sixteen, because of how it romanticizes the idea that a woman can gain all of her happiness, all of her self-worth from a good-looking man. And at that age, or any age for that matter, ...
or you’re a person who romanticizes fine art as a political thing with this history. They romanticize the way thatJasper JohnsorRobert Rauschenbergbecame the legends that they are. It’s kind of like starfucking, in a way, and so when something disrupts their notion of what Modernism is ...