The young Brooklynite's satiny smooth, subtly hued paintings of placid, reflective water; snaky, slightly rounded trees mottled black and white; or seashore rocks surrounded by metallic fields are not descriptions of perceptual experience -- not like the paintings of Alex Katz or Neil Welliver.
When you enter the atrium from the National Mall, you face a 40-foot-by-19-foot 40-foot-by-19-foot 40-foot-by-19-foot 40-foot-by-19-foot 40-foot-by-19-footu move past — an abstract American flag that seems to affirm an interest in innovation wavingdeclaring the museum's national role.
In addition our study attempted to measure insight and self reflection which may be subtly more complex than measuring the ability to reflect, thereby making meaningful comparison with studies measuring reflective ability difficult.
The upshot is that this is actually a really good ad, which is fairly reflective of reality while also subtly recalling early Apple commercials (but not copying them outright).
The latter soars into its own over brass clamourings and in a reflective flute-shadowed finale on Spending My Time (after a couple of subtly contrapuntal but faintly opaque openers); the Iberian-inflected, guitar-backed Carpet Ride is a standout.
It is reflective of the 14th-century Devotio Moderna movement, and contains complex Christian symbolism, subtly juxtaposing Old and New Testament iconography.
As a daily habit, meditation allows a reflective, thoughtful, or even prayerful time -- whichever is most comfortable and familiar to you -- that subtly shifts you from rushing around to a more deliberate way of thinking about what you are doing and why.
Less reflective and more straightforwardly sexy is The Lady with an Ermine, stroking a rather phallic pet, as she turns subtly with a half smile as if greeting her lover.
