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  • Impermanence is written on our greatest buildings, which allow the outside in like sovereigns submitting to their occupiers, and most of our oldest structures, the souvenirs of ancient Spanish rule, have at one time or another been reduced to low piles of stones before they are rebuilt.

    Best of L.A. 2007: Armageddon It! | Disinformation 2007

  • The society had learned that her entry, called Impermanence, had been derived from two photographs from Shutterstock. com, a California company that licenses the use of stock photography.

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

  • With "Hills and Valleys," the Flatlanders shine delicate musical light on the idea of Impermanence

    Austin360 - XL Headlines 2009

  • Jay: We're going to have the "30 Best" show which on part of the University of Kansas Department of Visual Arts Sim, and Part of a new sim the University is getting called "Impermanence" that will be the new home of the regular Brooklyn is Watching Tower and space which will continue through the Festival as well.

    Why you need to pay attention to Brooklyn is Watching's "Best of Year 1 Festival" Bettina Tizzy 2009

  • Jay: We're going to have the "30 Best" show which on part of the University of Kansas Department of Visual Arts Sim, and Part of a new sim the University is getting called "Impermanence" that will be the new home of the regular Brooklyn is Watching Tower and space which will continue through the Festival as well.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Bettina Tizzy 2009

  • The program ranged over the course of her entire 40-year career, including "Three Heavens and Hells for 4 Voices," and ending with a piece from "Impermanence," her recent musical meditation on the death of her partner five years ago.

    Archive 2008-04-01 sfmike 2008

  • The program ranged over the course of her entire 40-year career, including "Three Heavens and Hells for 4 Voices," and ending with a piece from "Impermanence," her recent musical meditation on the death of her partner five years ago.

    Meredith Monk and The Integrals sfmike 2008

  • Impermanence — if received with equanimity — can be really beautiful.

    Shambhala SunSpace » Barry Boyce 2009

  • When the five desires and six Dusts flare up, the general way to counteract them is through skillful visualization of four truths: Impurity, Suffering, Impermanence, and No-Self.

    Waylon Lewis: Tortured by Love, Lust or a Crush? The Buddhist Solution (is Gross). 2010

  • Impermanence empowers us to transcend our own mental barriers and challenge our own entrenched conceptions of self.

    Varun Soni: Awakening the Buddha Within at Lafayette College Varun Soni 2010

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