Sentence examples for contemplative aspect from inspiring English sources

They have a goofy presence, like space aliens, and certainly jar the contemplative aspect of the rest of the piece.

I'd always thought that the contemplative aspect was one of hunting's more appealing features -- apart from the fact that what you are contemplating is blasting nature to pieces.

The composition is reduced to more generalized elements, which gives the painting a more contemplative aspect, a sense of nature as a phenomenon that cannot be parsed by mere aesthetics.

Meditation, after all, is part of almost every culture in the world (one reason Tibetan Buddhists don't see it as the essence of their philosophy); but not many cultures have developed a contemplative aspect as rich as in (often noisy, fluorescent, more than cluttered) modern Japan.

The contemplative aspects of the game have been badly disrupted in modern times.

In the 20th century his grandson, Yang Cheng Fu, simplified the tai chi chuan system, emphasising the healing and contemplative aspects.

The music is Schumann's Quintet in E flat for Piano and Strings, and Mr. Morris has illuminated its jubilant and contemplative aspects with a highly emotional dimension.

Recalling Kirsty's extraordinary drive to complete her doctorate after she was diagnosed with cancer, her Magdalen supervisor, Professor Sharon Achinstein, says that "she hungered for the contemplative aspects of scholarship".

I experienced reflective and contemplative aspects of Buddhism and over the years, and as their appeal grew stronger, my reading expanded to include meditation and mindfulness.

According to the filmmakers, Burden became more interested in science and engineering during the latter part of his career, but the profound, contemplative aspects always remained.

I am a daily meditator, and like Merton, I find a close connection between the contemplative aspects of the Catholic tradition and Buddhism.