"reflective contemplation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a deep and thoughtful consideration or examination of something. Example: After the tumultuous events of the past week, Maria found solace in the stillness of the forest, engaging in hours of reflective contemplation on the meaning of life and her purpose in it.
These sometimes alarming English encounters continually throw Soseki back upon himself and down into deep wells of self-reflective contemplation.
A butcher's boy, when Sunday rolls around, will proudly put on his silk hat and frock-coat". These sometimes alarming English encounters continually throw Soseki back upon himself and down into deep wells of self-reflective contemplation.
There are three subscales reflecting pre-contemplation, contemplation and action.
The reflections of light and color on the surfaces around us light up their response in our bodily senses, leave us bereft of that mastery of our time implicit in any act of reflective reading or of informed contemplation.
An afterword includes two larger contemplations on its central matter: a reflective overview of the collection's contents complementing the introduction's volume survey (Laura J. Murray's "Deal with It") and a look at intellectual property's somewhat contradictory basis in circumstances of law relating to ownership of material things and capitalist modes of production (Darin Barney).
The calming piece lends itself to contemplation, creating a soothing yet stimulating atmosphere for reflective inquiry.
But it does seem inherent to the human constitution, and Hobbes gives a psychological-reflective basis to the propensity to this passion: glory involves a contemplation of one's own power, which is inherently pleasurable – and indeed closely related to the prospect of happiness (see Leviathan 13.4).
Maybe it's when you're talking to a particular friend or roaming the art gallery (interaction); when you're driving down the open highway or cycling to work (movement); walking among trees or napping on a dock (nature); or sitting in reflective silence or when the stereo is cranked and the lights are low (contemplation).
The tone veers from quirky observation to bleak contemplation, with a streak of dry cruelty – particularly when viewed through the reflective eyes of the horses upon which Erlingsson repeatedly focuses.
