Increasingly, the distinctions between the fields came to depend on context: the environments in which objects are presented for our contemplation.
In this lush and hypnotic examination of a painter's work and the times in which he lived, Mr. Majewski presents an extended contemplation of the creative process itself.
In an excellent (so far) book about the origins of the computer, Turing's Cathedral, the mechanical nature of early computing machines is presented for your humble contemplation.
A folk museum might present such objects for simple contemplation, but Webb had something else in mind: creating juxtapositions, unsettling expectations.
He sees himself as, at present, plunged in the delighted contemplation of sensuous natural beauty but realizes that he must leave this for an understanding of "the agony and strife of human hearts".
His use of trompe l'oeil to recreate the facades or even the shadows of long-gone buildings remind the viewer of both present and past, thus inviting contemplation of urban change.
Over Plum Village's three-month winteretreataThayhay repeatedly instructs the hundreds of monks, nuns and lay practitioners about switching off the non-stop noise in their heads and focusing on the core of mindfulness; the joy of breathing, of walking, of contemplation in the present moment.
His photographs invite contemplation and reflection, presenting us with objects brought patiently within the picture plane.
Canin, contrariwise, pieces together, in mostly short takes, an airy collage of imperfect memory and fleeting impression, as Corey's recollection of a bygone misfortune, half-comprehendingly witnessed in his adolescence, keeps reverting to pleased contemplation of his bourgeois present.
The nurse is 'truly present' in the process through discussion, quiet contemplation and reflection.
