Mr. Ciampolini added wonderfully imaginative improvised elements on percussion to Mr. Aimard's performance of two Ligeti études.

This literary background can be seen as a precursor to the imaginative element Barnet introduced to anthropological writing.

Debby Lee Cohen designed the set, whose imaginative elements included three huge structures that served as ballroom windows, thrones and farm wagons.

Irving based them on extensive research in the Spanish archives, but also added imaginative elements aimed at sharpening the story.

In a review of his fourth string quartet, the Washington Post cited the work's "jewel-like craftsmanship," saying, "Dillon's control of time was a conspicuously imaginative element throughout."

"My theory is that the churches are secularizing, and they are jettisoning myth and ritual, the imaginative elements," he said.

By the time "The Third Brother" reaches its 9/11 epiphany (followed by a limp back-to-Harvard finale) its imaginative elements have been beggared by reality.

Abish's work shows both imaginative and experimental elements.

His subjects in oil include animals, figures, and landscapes, and are distinguished by massive, simple treatment, and a strongly imaginative element.

The building design that finally emerged contained imaginative elements, but it enlisted no admirers.