Sweet as pie though they first appear, these paintings are a more pensive form of praise.
"On the other hand, why not put people in a more pensive or reflective state?
Only at the end did ebullience give way to a more pensive mood, which also brought out her best singing.
Ariodante's Scherza Infida is a more pensive response to rejection, with a plangent bassoon weeping along with DiDonato's crestfallen heroine.
In this late work, however, Hyatt Huntington took a more pensive approach to her subject matter, choosing to depict the young President reading while his horse is grazing.
But the game was really decided eight innings earlier when a more pensive and verbally restrained pitcher had the worst inning of his season.
The three movements include the assertive "Proclamation"; the introverted and lyrical "Spontaneous Songs"; and "Dance," whose whirlwind fades into a more pensive mood.
But turning 50 last year, along with the deaths of his mother and his father-in-law, found the actor-comedian in a more pensive mood.
The opening drum roll references Sly and the Family Stone's classic "Stand!," but, instead of that song's lyrical affirmations and musical ebullience, D'Angelo and Foster create a more pensive mood.
Rather than depicting Dobigny as a professional model, Degas painted her as a more pensive young woman, an approach he employed particularly in the late 1860s for those of whom he was particularly fond, Loyrette has said.
It was a more pensive start to the record than the beginning of Yeezus, but much of the album saw West carry on his use of the narcissistic, belligerent character he introduced on his last album, with snipes and barbs directed at perceived foes including Taylor Swift (he raps "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex" on Famous) and Nike (Facts).
