On the other: stones, short supplies, feuds, the violence of revenge, rampant illness, an acceptance of death and an on-going preoccupation with surviving one more night - or perhaps one more week - together.
By Mark Singer Michael Mandiberg, an artist whose preoccupations merge digital information with visual representation, has a lot going on.
Preoccupation with holiday plans, parties, buying gifts, flying out to see family and going on vacations takes precedence over hiring.
This preoccupation with an economic rationale for going to college had been building for many years.
Preoccupation with the cancer patient alters caregivers' frame of reference, and they are likely to "forget, because there are that many other things going on in your mind" (C4).
Many of us learned our Baroque oboe concertos from Mr. Holliger, who in recent decades has gone on to other preoccupations, with contemporary music and with his own compositions.
When the tsunami washed everything away – my sewing machines, my savings and my home – I felt like I didn't have the will to go on," says Hamidah Bte Che Rus, looking with preoccupation at her young daughter.
Her latest novel, "While I Was Gone," continues this preoccupation.
"Today is the best day," means letting go of those preoccupations, turning the focus on what you do have, on your life and its bounty today.
On "You Have to Go to College," one of his first songs, Toledo runs through a series of classic high-school preoccupations, from losing touch with friends to what it means to grow up and become a "decent human being".
