I blame myself that I am hooked on some arcane notion that the overture, a gem of musical economy, should be a warm-up exercise to sharpen our ears for the ingenuities of Mozart's score before it unfolds: a brief, unadulterated contemplation of notes, rhythms, harmonies lasting around four minutes.
Results showed that body dissatisfaction scores were lower for women who engaged in a brief period of grateful contemplation before viewing photographs of thin models than for women who reflected upon life hassles before viewing the same photographs.
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved".
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved.
I remembered Viktor E. Frankl's declaration in Man's Search for Meaning: "Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man may aspire...a man who has nothing in this world may still know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved".
But that ruling, which decided the 2000 presidential election, was an anomaly, an emergency that no doubt sealed the court's reputation for many but was unlike its usual practice of briefing and argument and contemplation and opinion-writing.
You end up contemplating your own contemplation.
"Alexa, how many miles is it from Milan to Venice?" After a brief moment, its bright blue and green LEDs spinning in contemplation, I had my answer.
Following each presentation, a brief chatter could be heard amongst the crowd, indicating a competitive contemplation.
