At the same time, although Mr. Rauch insists that his paintings are made without "any preconception," and are composed directly on canvas without preparatory drawings, his figurative style has become as predictable as a coloring book's.
(Ages 10 and up) WITH all the hoopla surrounding the publication of "Eragon" and its 19-year-old author, Christopher Paolini, it isn't easy to read this first novel "plain" -- that is, without preconceptions.
It is our ability to be fully present and engaged that enables us to accept every situation exactly as it is, without preconceptions or judgments; to embrace difficulties, deep sadness, upset feelings, or injustice while staying aware, present, and available.
I enjoy that first script, I enjoy being surprised, without any preconceptions about what I might want to think.
"They are without any foundation".
Through bare attention, we learn to see things as they really are, without judgments and preconceptions.
So we figured it was worth putting any preconceptions to one side and giving it a go.
I am convinced that this ignorance was, at least partly, wilful: to arrive in a strange environment and be presented with a complete stranger without any preconceptions on her part must have been wonderfully liberating and creatively stimulating.
"It works to my advantage, actually: I can sit there on a Sunday night and watch the show -– live, fresh, and without any preconceptions, not knowing what's going to happen.
