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For one thing, mirror neurons are good for representing actions--which, in an abstract way, is what sentences do.
FORBES
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McCain does, apparently, but in an abstract way and without much enthusiasm.
FORBES: Who Speaks For Small Business?
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It was even felt by artists who, like Pierre Bonnard and Fairfield Porter, never produced an abstract painting in their lives, but were nonetheless influenced by the way in which practitioners of abstraction created what Mr. Diebenkorn called "invented landscapes, " nonobjective images that evoked the world of tangible reality while steering clear of literal representation.
WSJ: The Seductive Lure of Abstraction | Sightings by Terry Teachout
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In this way she rescued abstract painting, making it once again an instrument of meaningful expression rather than an end in itself.
WSJ: Helen Frankenthaler | Push Past Abstraction | By Eric Gibson