It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of these evidences, for they are always entirely incidental elements of the sepulchral inscriptions, all of which were pre-eminently eschatological in their purpose.
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While the designer Steven Capone does admirable work with a minimal set _ his retractable translucent moon is lovely, and the hoot owl that terrifies Marcia is a clever surprise _ a few of the production's incidental elements have not transferred as well.
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The role of pattern, optically soothing and stimulating, both ornamental and sexual, is a fascinating subject, particularly in the work of an artist like Ramirez, for whom it was a central rather than incidental element, and one invested with intense expressive and psychological weight.