Whatever your religious outlook, entering a serene space of contemplation like Duke Chapel has the effect of pulling you out of the rush of busy time, making you feel yourself to be right here, right now, attuned to an underlying profundity.
With The Weather Café, Shearing, who has been making multimedia artworks for the past 10 years, wanted to create a space of contemplation and reflection.
The Mayday people had planned to line up all the art from the march along Eleventh Avenue, to "create spaces of contemplation".
They will be honored with 24 niches perched above a long crescent-shaped wall, spaces of contemplation, from which water will flow.
"I aimed to create a space for contemplation of the impacts of humankind's use of nuclear technologies, both positive and negative, as well as a reminder of the fact that radioactivity is ubiquitous, ever present and essential.
The Reformation transformed the Christian landscape from an environment rich in sounds, smells, images, and tactile encounters, both divine and human, to an austere space of scriptural contemplation and prayer.
Aquarius, however, projected a region of solitude in front of it, a space of indefinite contemplation, quiet but for the hisses and sighs of its broad sky.
Chief Keef raps in jabs and blocks, short bursts of rhymes that leave plenty of space for contemplation.
At more than 3,000 square metres, these galleries will offer a permanent space for contemplation of the human body and health in London's Science Museum.
He has thus raised some 500,000 British pounds (approximately $786,000) to construct what he refers to as a "secular space for contemplation" in the heart of the city's financial district.
The adjacent Hall of Reflection offers more space for contemplation.
