Pathologies linked to authority and domination have ceded to the limitless angst of self-contemplation.
But, for all its inwardness and self-contemplation, the movement has achieved one obvious, and stunning, outward success.
For Roth, the novel set the template for all his work, the exquisite torture of literary self-contemplation.
The activities are predetermined and tightly scheduled: meditation, chanting religious verses, doing chores around the property and silent self-contemplation.
The turn to self-contemplation, in the seventies, by artists ranging from Chris Burden to Cindy Sherman, is billed "Learn Where the Meat Comes From".
But I think that we are already seeing a shift of emphasis in art away from precious self-contemplation and toward eloquent engagement with the world.
21 Jun-22 Jul Self-contemplation can be wonderful, especially for a Cancerian, but it's definitely time to look up from the fascinating state of your navel.
While the transcendent god or invisible spirit is inconceivable and ineffable, the pleroma (Greek: "full perfection") of the divine is a hierarchical family of personified aeons, who emerge as the fruit of the spirit's self-contemplation or self-expression.
The author also describes the need for frequent "mental checks" and "self indoctrination," writing: Embracing martyrdom is not something you suddenly decide to do, but it is a process that takes time and requires effort and self-contemplation.
Made in Rome or India, the small, illumination-like ink drawings reflect the influence of Eastern art and thought and already evince a characteristic mood of self-contemplation, whether languorous or anxious.
(Ben Sisario) KATE WALSH (Monday) A singer-songwriter from Burham-on-Crouch, a modest fishing village in Essex, England, Kate Walsh offers lilting bedroom laments that are thoughtful, sweet and at times heavy with self-contemplation.
