| 单词 | contemplative |
| 例句 | "Don't," Yo mumbles to herself at the window, outlining her hairline with a contemplative index finger. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He scratched his neck contemplatively, as if he were thinking of having a shave one of these days. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She thought that he was wise and contemplative and listened with all his heart. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Followed by a long, contemplative gaze fixed somewhere in the middle distance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He allowed a contemplative moment to pass while he pedaled. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She thought she’d be a nun when she grew up, and live a quiet, contemplative life serving God. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z All Newton himself ever said was that the idea of gravity came to him as he sat “in a contemplative mood” and “was occasioned by the fall of an apple.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Before showing it to me he thumbs through it, contemplative, reminiscent; then, “Here,” he says, laying it open on the desk in front of me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In his new personage he was always cold, sullen, distant, contemplative; always wrinkling his brow and scratching his balding head and wringing his hands and muttering curses and complaints, especially on Fridays. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were a contemplative, watery gray and the hair which protruded from under his Stetson hat was spiky and weathered. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned and assumed a grim, contemplative stance. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Where the goal of Greek philosophy had been contemplative understanding, that of Baconian philosophy was a new technology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Perhaps, having begun this more modest, contemplative life, she considered destroying the messy pile of sketches. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Men, irrigating in the silver fields, paused, leaning contemplatively on their shovel handles, to listen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace had never seen him so contemplative before. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The little girl looked at me, secretive, contemplative. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Having reached his destination, McCandless slowed his pace, and his mood became more contemplative. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The fellow nodded frequently and his face seemed contemplative. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She unscrewed the cap from her bottle of hooch and took a long, contemplative swallow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Of these, four were seasoned smokers who took long, contemplative drags and occasionally demonstrated their proficiency by blowing ghostly concentric rings that hovered like halos above their bowed heads. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In fact, the eighty-five citizens gathered there seemed strangely subdued and contemplative. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Fadi glanced from his picture of Fillmore Street back up to Ms. Bethune’s contemplative face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z A Ganzfeld creates a contemplative mood in which time slows and space dematerializes. Up to My Eyeballs in Art at Superblue 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z It was a monolithic, tyrannical house – a contemplative tube of white space wrapped around a solitary courtyard in a U-shape. Toyo Ito: the 'dropout robot' who never tires of reinventing himself 2013-03-19T12:03:06Z We seem to be in the contemplative, patience-challenging zone of minimalist cinema -- and we are, but not as much as it seems at first. "Putty Hill": An off-the-radar indie breakthrough 2011-02-18T21:20:00Z Glenstone is free to the public and limits visitor numbers to maintain a contemplative environment for art. Glenstone Museum to expand with major Richard Serra acquisition and new pavilion to house it 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Sara Rara's "The Pollinators" is a contemplative video projection of bees doing their thing on flowers, all in bright, saturated hues that feel at once lush and synthetic, beautiful and counterfeit. 'Made in L.A.' biennial art survey taps a social undercurrent 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z A bigger question is whether American audiences, used to more simplistic “family” shows or the slam-bang satire of The Book of Mormon, will take to a darker, more contemplative and delicately layered show like Matilda. Matilda: The Best Musical Since The Lion King 2013-04-12T03:00:16Z And musically, just the contrast between the thick, consistent groove and the contemplative melody is enough to keep you on the edge of your seat. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z The valet asks the question hastily, humbly, eyes not quite meeting those of the contemplative man standing before him. Frank Ocean Is Finally Free, Mystery Intact 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z "Rob has a sort of a lightness of touch, and I'm a little more contemplative about things," Coogan explains. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z Thick with story, this episode took a sharp turn from the more contemplative and analytic mood of the previous weeks and geared up for the final hours of the season. ?Mad Men? Watch: Power Plays and Panic Attacks 2010-09-27T14:22:00Z The song is contemplative, well paced, free of pyrotechnics — so comfortable in its alignment that you never sense that each person is moving in his own direction. The Playlist: Kamasi Washington Releases a Blast of ‘Truth’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z It is an expression of culture, a convivial pleasure, a companion to food and, occasionally, an emotional and contemplative experience. Let’s Be Clear: Bad Wines Are Bad Wines, Period 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z It encouraged his move in a contemplative direction and brought a new soft grace to his work. Michelangelo Is the Divine Star of the Must-See Show of the Season 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Sometimes, Simmons would call at night, in a contemplative mood, and the roles would reverse. Is Richard Simmons missing? Or is he just dearly missed? 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The levity arises gently and compassionately from otherwise contemplative topics: belief, mortality and the possibility of heaven. 'Going to a Place Where You Already Are' is headed toward a really good place 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Frederick Wiseman’s long, contemplative look at the workings of Boston’s municipal administration becomes a symphony of process, a demonstration of how democracy abides in the absence of drama. Best Movies of 2020 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Two blocks down, look up for David Cerny’s statue of Sigmund Freud hanging contemplatively by one hand above the street. Europe, in 9 Walks 2013-04-19T14:51:25Z In nonfiction, we recommend a contemplative and genial self-help book about time management, as well as two books probing current affairs: one about QAnon, the other about the political era spawned by 9/11. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z This quite vivid recording is taken from the staged performances, though the work itself generally seems far closer to a contemplative secular oratorio than to a fully fledged piece of theatre. Glass: Kepler ? review 2011-01-20T22:10:01Z Would online matchmaking rub against my quiet, contemplative nature? Modern Love: When Dating Takes More Than the Click of a Mouse 2012-10-04T22:29:41Z This principle guides the design of Japanese and Chinese gardens: They are a serene balance of textures, forms and colors that is both artistic and contemplative. Like it was ‘made in heaven’: a secret garden in the suburbs offers an Asian-style landscape Mr. Alfredson’s visual style is moody, muted, crepuscular, and his rhythm is contemplative. Adapting John le Carr? Novels for the Movies 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z His podcast "LeVar Burton Reads" is a contemplative, kindly gem that promotes a sense of wonder about literature and writing that is utterly welcoming. Our wish for the future host of "Jeopardy!": Who is LeVar Burton? 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z And, inspired by the contemplative quality of Turrell, her team has invited monks from a nearby Zen Buddhist monastery to host their weekly meditations for the community on site. Catskill Art Space Opens With James Turrell and a Lofty Vision 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Season 3 delivers a sustained answer to that question, losing nothing of the series’ storytelling might even as the show itself grows more contemplative. "The Crown" and Her Majesty’s midlife crisis 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Here are his books about monastic life and contemplative prayer, and his published journal, “The Sign of Jonas.” Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z He sounds like a lounge singer lost in contemplative patter, just letting the thoughts flow. The Rambling Glory of Bob Dylan’s Nobel Speech 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z “We’ve worked to create a visitor experience unlike any other, providing each visitor with an unhurried, contemplative engagement with the artworks,” she said. Much anticipated Glenstone expansion to open Oct. 4 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z It was a lightning bolt followed by two years of research and lots of contemplative thinking. "Corrosive beliefs are at the heart of what America is": James Tynion on conspiracy theories 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z The two actresses are relentlessly graceful, endowed with physical aplomb, contemplative insight, and strong emotion. Speaking for Women’s Art in “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Now, Earth is reconciling its two moods, rugged and contemplative, and doing something it hasn’t done since 1996: hire vocalists. New Music From Earth, Yob and Jeezy 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The lights were brighter, and Mr. West remained contemplative, working through bits of “30 Hours” and “Real Friends,” some of the quieter moments from “The Life of Pablo.” Review: Kanye West, Both Close and Out of Reach at His Tour Opener 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Salon: I admit I did find myself coming around just a little bit on Sonny in this final episode, in those reflective, contemplative images of him on the new fishing boat. Hot seat: David Simon explains "Treme" 2011-07-04T12:05:00Z It’s tempting to frame the difference between “Thrones” and “Peaks” as a prestige-TV battle royal, action for the masses vs. art for the contemplative. Inhaling Slowly for ‘Twin Peaks,’ Spewing Fire for ‘Game of Thrones’ 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z An afternoon of careful, contemplative cooking sounds great. ‘No tricks. No mantras. I just want to learn how to do nothing’: my quest to stay still 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Towering over the dazzling technical virtuosity on display, anchoring the entire enterprise, is Lancaster — poised, nuanced, contemplative, the embodiment of a woefully endangered notion called noblesse oblige. The Week Ahead: Aug. 12 — 18 2012-08-11T03:44:19Z Hugonin works on just one canvas each year, building up their composition of tiny brush marks so the accumulative effect tends to slow down the process of one's looking to a contemplative calm. This week's new exhibitions 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z Morlot quickly managed to impose a contemplative mood in both pieces -- no easy task in this vast, noisy amphitheater -- with performances of lucid, spotlighted detail and a solid bass underpinning. Simone Porter, Ludovic Morlot a star combo at Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z For the trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, revelation emerges from a place of contemplative darkness. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Shifting between guitar and piano, Islam reprised the songs that made him such an appealing figure to the more contemplative wing of the counter-culture. Yusuf Islam at the Chicago Theatre: Cat Stevens songs and more 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Adams invites the listener to enter into contemplative states of wonder, but through compositional processes that are rigorously constructed. Emerald City Music will present premiere of John Luther Adams work 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z A work of quiet, contemplative beauty, it is a kind of visual ode to Hampstead Heath, a swath of countryside in north London. 'It was like a journey into the unknown': self-publishing photographers 2013-04-13T23:05:25Z Pursue a life that is "neither merely active nor merely contemplative", which Sloterdijk calls the "life of practice". Non-fiction roundup - reviews 2012-10-05T21:55:05Z Sitting there alone in the contemplative silence, it was easy for us to imagine, if erroneously, that we were some of the first to witness this bit of history. The U.S. Issue: The Mighty Colorado at a Glide 2010-05-14T21:08:00Z The hope is that “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” will be a slow and contemplative experience, where visitors linger in exhibits and, maybe, mull some of life’s big questions. Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms at the Broad: A first look inside the 'infinite mysterious beauty' 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Young readers will turn from the rare sight of a contemplative T. rex to a battle between the largest-ever snake and a massive snapping turtle . Review | Best new children’s and young-adult books this month 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, there were beanbag chairs to sit upon and headphones full of sounds — all sorts of contemplative stuff involving mushrooms, anxiety attacks and more. Art Outings: 2 Seattle Times writers test out the new happy-hour tour at the Frye Art Museum 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z "It's a serene contemplative experience here, especially in our sculpture garden. We certainly enjoy that visitors take the time to capture and share their experiences, but we don't coordinate any efforts to encourage that." Museum selfies are having a moment 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Older material such as "Tables and Chairs" and "Plasticities" were crowd favorites and injected some adrenaline into a set that sometimes hit sleepier territory, such as during the contemplative "Fatal Shore." Andrew Bird rocks with ease at Auditorium show 2012-05-13T12:57:00Z Mr. Buckley, a Libra, was contemplative, averse to being the center of attention and hilariously indecisive. Remembering Richard Buckley 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Movement puts people in “a contemplative space,” Claiborne said, which can open up new ways of engaging with visual art. Blending Dance and Sculpture Creates a Fresh View of Art 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Not much of a truly horrific nature happens in “Being Small” — Brenchley’s tone is quiet, contemplative — but it’s intensely dramatic, in the way adolescent problems tend to be, in teenagers’ inward eyes. Anne Rice's 'Prince Lestat,' and More 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Gloomy keys recur throughout the album, on “Rich as Hell,” “Time I’m On” and other songs, setting a tone of contemplative loneliness. The Gut-Level Emotions of YoungBoy Never Broke Again 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Glenstone aims to admit about 400 people a day, to ensure that visitors can have a contemplative experience. Glenstone, a Private Art Xanadu, Invests $200 Million in a Public Vision 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Instead, Smith offers an idea in a contemplative way: a polyphonic passage, a drone or a melody that starts, pauses and repeats with a slight but crucial change. This Trumpeter’s Legacy Also Includes Composing String Quartets 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z His book, adapted parts of which appeared in the New York Times and The Washington Post, showcases his learned background, his contemplative disposition and his kindness. ‘When Breath Becomes Air’: Young doctor’s last words of wisdom, hope 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z His latest release, the full-length Outside, features tracks that vacillate between ambient soundscapes, trance-like contemplative numbers and raucous rockers set to an unexpected marimba beat. 14 Musical Acts To Watch in 2014 2013-11-13T10:45:09Z It is a sparse, melancholic turn that takes a bit of sheen off the tuneful heart of the album, yet sits well against the more contemplative material, such as the gentle electronica of “Fire & Soul.” The Cranberries' Roses Picks Up Where the Band Left Off 2012-02-21T19:37:06Z “I’ve always had ritualistic and contemplative tendencies like the ones the hermits describe, but the pandemic has just given them more space to flourish,” Ms. Sheldon-Dean said. What We Can Learn From Solitude 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z Their tour is catnip for those who like their music guitar-driven and contemplative but still easy to nod along to. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Tokyo Bird is the subdued, contemplative yin to Grandma’s sassy, whimsical yang. A guide to Sydney’s flourishing small-bar scene 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Sister Mary Clara lived with that community for more than two decades before she decided to join the cloistered contemplatives at the Corpus Christi Monastery. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z The garden Zumthor has designed is described by the artist as "a contemplative room, a garden within a garden". 'Contemplative room' 2011-06-27T14:56:09Z I’ve had wines that were simultaneously contemplative and so joyous they made me laugh. When Thin and Bitter Are Welcome Wine Words 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z But Mr. Pärt’s music — reserved, contemplative, often reverential — lent itself more readily to reflection on the meanings of 9/11, where the mind was likely to drift in any case on Friday. Review: Arvo Pärt and 9/11, Paired at the Metropolitan Museum 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z These are calming, contemplative lullabies surfaced from the roiling aura of the times. Review | Yasmin Williams, a new kind of guitar hero, is listening to the world around her 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Consequently, the songs on "Revelation Road" range from soft and contemplative, as in the beautifully haunting country tune "The Thief," to tasty hard-edge old-school blues in "Heaven's Only Days Down the Road." Shelby Lynne's new disc all her own 2011-10-17T20:07:05Z The sun is shining but he is clothed entirely in black, as befits both his neutrally toned surname and his contemplative mood. David Gray: 'I'm trained to wash up' 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z “The Good Wife” was packed with dialogue and yet its real mastery was contained in its silent, contemplative stares. ‘The Good Wife’s’ mission accomplished: Alicia has triumphed. 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z That is to say, they invite us into the contemplative rapture of a musical of ordinary, damaged people, singing majestically for their supper. Review | Listen up, Bob Dylan fans: You’ll want to journey to Broadway’s ‘North Country’ 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Eisenstein's mournful, haunting shots of the Odessa waterfront after Vakulinchuk's death, which is the only section where the film engages a contemplative mode, lead us into the Odessa Steps sequence. How "Battleship Potemkin" reshaped Hollywood 2011-01-12T01:32:00Z “Honey,” the impressive debut feature by Ms. Golino, sustains a contemplative mood with undersaturated cinematography that evokes the world as perceived through a light mist. Movie Review: In ‘Honey,’ a Woman Offers the Dying a Sweeter Departure 2014-03-07T01:01:21Z It implies a divisive line from A to B, in which the threshold is the point of crossing over to contemplative space. ‘Thresholds’ marks the unmarked at Kent cemetery 2013-09-04T03:15:10Z A week in Paris reiterates the power of great food; a month in Joshua Tree National Park admonishes you to wedge time out of your work flow for the contemplative and the holy. Modern Love: Romance, the Ultimate Souvenir 2012-09-07T00:15:52Z The exquisite interplay of glorious brightness in stately rooms, the contemplative dimness within candlelit sanctums and riot of colors in the Vatican’s gardens reflect a sense of spiritual jubilance and staid formality all at once. HBO’s “The Young Pope” makes high art for TV, but the result is less than divine 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Klinghoffer leaves only a few faint marks, most notably on the contemplative “Brendan’s Death Song,” which ends with two moving minutes of chaos with Mr. Kiedis wailing and the drummer Chad Smith bashing away. New Music: New Music From Miguel Zen?n and Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011-08-29T22:37:58Z Their choice of a life of contemplative prayer and service is continually mocked, particularly in the “It’s Good to be a Nun” number, which praises such penances as self-flagellation. Touring ‘Sister Act’ has more sass than soul 2013-08-21T21:55:05Z Director Yi Seung-jun’s gorgeously photographed slice-of-life film is a contemplative experience, to be sure, but never a taxing or challenging one. “Planet of Snail”: An unforgettable love story 2012-07-26T00:01:00Z From the earliest days of higher education, the sages understood the importance of a contemplative environment for study and learning. If any place can get young minds to unplug, it’s a college sitting on an arboretum 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The story of a contemplative Irish immigrant, it moved slowly, driven by atmosphere rather than dialogue, but the audience watched patiently at small candle-lit tables, beers in hand. Jagjaguwar, Factory 25 and Indie Film 2010-08-22T00:45:00Z Prior plays of mine had an unhappy ending that left audiences in a contemplative mood. | Playwright Thomas Bradshaw on Race, Porn and Suburbia 2014-01-29T23:00:38Z Flat and charmless, hard by a clogged road, Cottingham's municipal cemetery is as utilitarian – and as contemplative – as a traffic roundabout. The real Larkin 2010-06-26T23:04:00Z Mary Wollstonecraft, the Georgian feminist and author, and model Valerie Pain are both contemplative in white, and the Queen – by Andy Warhol and Katie Parsons in Giles Deacon – both pretty in pink. Rankin's scarlet women on show at National Portrait Gallery 2011-01-30T19:21:38Z Mr. Salters returned in the last work on the program, “Averno,” a striking and contemplative cantata based on 11 remarkable poems by Louise Glück. Music Review: New Territory, With Hues of Nature 2011-05-20T23:04:06Z The contemplative tales collected in “The Liar’s Wife” are the opposite of page-turners: They force us to slow down and reflect. Mary Gordon’s latest offers thoughtful characters in the throes of change Though often random in its organization — Mr. Tocha slides from contemplative seascapes and misty meadows to a slaughterhouse and the Corvo landfill — this portrait is still much more than a snapshot. Movie Review: ‘It’s the Earth Not the Moon,’ Directed by Gonçalo Tocha 2012-07-12T23:50:08Z Photographic tuition usually falls in to two camps, the hands-on, throw yourself at it kind, and the more contemplative course where class-based tuition is key. Photography and open education 2012-12-04T02:07:02Z Dark doesn’t equal melancholy, she said, “or if it’s melancholy, it’s closer to the melancholia of Albrecht Durer, which is a contemplative state rather than a nihilistic one.” Mark Rothko’s Dark Palette Illuminated 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Her wiseguy tone remains unimpaired, as in: “Never wear a short skirt to a class with the word ‘contemplative’ in its name.” Books of The Times: A Cynical Position Overcome With Yoga 2010-12-22T23:06:18Z And when he speaks, it’s in a slow, warbling singsong, at once contemplative and idiosyncratic, especially when he pauses in the middle of sentences as though his mind is hiccuping with existential thoughts. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The tone, as you might expect, is dramatic rather than contemplative. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Secular Cantatas ? review 2011-04-07T20:45:01Z They’re minimal, contemplative, only danceable by a stretch of the imagination. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-07T23:20:47Z This year’s Broccoli City headliner is Lil Baby, the deft Georgia rapper who does his finest work in intimate chirps and contemplative squeaks. Perspective | Turnstile, Tinashe, Fay Victor, 42 Dugg — the fall concert season is here 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Rothko is not exactly a starving artist, Ken suggests, and the home for his latest works is not a contemplative, chapellike museum but an expensive watering hole for the titans of capitalism. 'Red' examines art, an artist, the act of creation 2010-04-02T01:16:00Z The contemplative mood is abetted by a significant change in the show’s format that began last season. In ‘Key & Peele’ Season Premiere, a Shift in Tone and Volume 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The contemplative air that “Ramy” breathes may remind a viewer of other artistic, ruminative comedies such as “Atlanta” and “Master of None.” Smart Watch: "Ramy" blesses us with a thoughtful, funny comedy about goodness 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z There are several consistencies in the highs and lows of Brown Dog and the more contemplative and melancholic literature in Harrison’s other books. Want to reject America’s Puritanism, workaholism and toxic obsession with stuff? Read Jim Harrison’s brilliant books 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z In fact the track, which along with the well-received Better Days is taken from the band's upcoming eponymous third album, is a brilliant combination of their florid debut and the contemplative soul of its successor. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – review 2013-07-21T17:15:00Z Yet “Symphonics” is also marked by more stillness than any other ballet in the repertory: upright, statuesque, contemplative stillness. ‘Symphonic Variations’: A Frederick Ashton Classic Returns 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Her options narrow as the book becomes more crime-centric and throws her into life-or-death situations rather than contemplative ones. In Dennis Lehane’s ‘Since We Fell,’ a Troubled Woman Seeks Answers 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The album ranges in mood from contemplative to combative, and you’ll only need a second or two to determine where the title track falls on that scale. The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Flips Mannequins Into Barbies 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z A contemplative, poetic work to be read with a clear head and in quiet surroundings. Beginning a new year of reading 2010-12-31T09:00:03Z The second half of the fifth season of The Walking Dead begins with a slow, contemplative episode, “What Happened and What’s Going On.” The Walking Dead Recap: No Small Cuttings 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z There is throughout some lovely interlacing of bubbly pop and more somber, contemplative strains, as when Moran’s priest intones a prayerful counterpoint to the band’s aching love song “Dream for You.” ‘Sing Street’ Review: New Wave Music as Sweet Deliverance 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Professor Pawelski said it’s still a mystery why viewing art in this deliberately contemplative manner can increase well-being or what he calls flourishing. The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Set to a scratchy, ethereal CocoRosie song, “Hymn” is contemplative, compared with most of the Parsons oeuvre. Parsons Dance Performs at the Joyce Theater 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Not only the art itself, but the activated, contemplative space. The director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts reflects on gender equality 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Not too much contemplative stillness takes place during a puppy yoga class. Puppy yoga gaining popularity as a new twist on the workout 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z A sense of urgency permeates “Thank You for Today,” thanks in no small measure to drummer McGerr’s sweep-you-off-your-feet propulsions that drive standout tracks like “Northern Lights” and the contemplative “Summer Years.” Death Cab for Cutie re-energized on ‘pivotal’ new album ‘Thank You for Today’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z On that wide and colourful stage, beside leading men such as T-Bone Walker and Lowell Fulson, he played the role of an agreeable character actor, purveying jaunty boogie songs and contemplative blues anecdotes. Jimmy McCracklin 2012-12-28T17:39:19Z “A Promised Land” is the first of two volumes — it ends in 2011 — and it is as contemplative and measured as the former president himself. The 10 Best Books of 2020 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z We may be losing some of the capacity for contemplative concentration that was fostered by a print culture, they say, but we're gaining new and essential ways of working. The internet: is it changing the way we think? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z This is an atmosphere that anyone who loved the old Whitney will remember, cloisterlike and contemplative, a quiet refuge from chaos of the city. What’s in the box? The Met Breuer opens new possibilities in a dramatic art space 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Both contemplative and comic, it nails every opportunity for big laughs as its English-learning characters struggle with accents and idioms. Review: Learning ‘English,’ When Your Accent Is a ‘War Crime’ 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z I committed myself early to a life of contemplative, productive laziness and hated singing along with other people, being one with a collective, even at rock shows. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Like everything these days, hermits exist on a wide spectrum and prefer a variety of identifiers: lovers of solitude, solitaries, contemplatives. What We Can Learn From Solitude 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z In a huge portrait by the Australian painter Ralph Heimans, she stands on the spot of her coronation in the abbey, looking contemplative. A Lofty Perch Fit for a Royal Museum at Westminster Abbey 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z I feel like even though she’s a contemplative nun and I’m a Buddhist character actor, we have a lot in common. Suzy Nakamura Informs Herself With ‘The Dollop,’ Sister Wendy and Her Mother’s Diary 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The man perched on the edge of a boulder above a dizzy drop in Contemplation Rock, Glacier Point doesn't look at all contemplative. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z Q: So, is it a good time for you to be interpreting a more contemplative, isolationist Riddick? A Minute With: Vin Diesel on going dark, getting ripped and Facebook 2013-09-04T12:48:34Z And when you need a breather from all that’s new and fabulous, it’s easy to steal quiet moments in crumbling colonial buildings and contemplative art spaces. 36 Hours in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2014-05-08T17:13:04Z A clip of visitors taking photos, gazing contemplatively, and discussing the exhibit among friends and family on the last day of the exhibit is available at Vulture. Kara Walker Watched You Gape at Her The Subtlety Exhibit All Summer 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Slipknot is still aggrieved, but now it’s also contemplative and emotional. Still Dressing Up; Growing Up, Too 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z It didn’t take long for me and my pudgy yellow Labrador, Wallis, to develop a mutually beneficial routine of exercise, exploration and contemplative meandering. Personal Journeys: Walking Martha?s Vineyard 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z Perhaps the most bracing moments of “UNDER8ED” are those that harness the brooding, contemplative energy of songs like Cardi’s “Be Careful” or West’s “Violent Crimes.” Pardison Fontaine and the Plight of the Ghostwriter 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The hourlong show deals with how these second graders — the quiet, contemplative Ivy and the boisterous, extroverted Bean — become the best of friends, even though, at first meeting, they’re positive they can’t stand each other. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 17-23 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z “There’s also the menace, the intelligence, the silent, contemplative nature,” he said. Tom Cruise as Lee Child’s Fictional Hero in ‘Jack Reacher’ 2012-12-07T13:00:00Z “Shining Through Broken Glass,” which preceded it, was a ballad suffused with graceful melancholy, framing a contemplative solo by Mr. Klein. Music Review: A Little Kick From the Mideast: Folk Spices the Jazz 2011-04-06T21:58:18Z It’s a contemplative wind-up to an album that starts in the disco and finishes at home, in solitude. Album review: Madonna, 'MDNA' 2012-03-24T23:24:00Z Overall, however, this latest offering from Sís is both contemplative and provocative. 'The Conference of the Birds': reviving a 12th-century Persian epic 2011-11-16T22:53:03Z But it is hard to see how this movie, with its contemplative mood and genial, curious spirit, could make anybody angry. | 'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives': A Farewell to This Life, and All Its Ghosts 2011-03-01T22:56:29Z The museum’s plan is to have “more contemplative type of experiences indoors, very active experiences outdoors,” said Maria Carrasco, the vice president for public programs at the alliance. A House Museum Has a New Message: New York Had Slavery, Too 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Bernstein draws upon myriad styles here: atonal angst, contemplative Coplandesque harmonies, kinetic musical theater dance music, a trio of jazz vocalists. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z A contemplative mood pervades, as evidenced by the video on its website, which also aired as a commercial on national television. For tourist destinations during a travel ban, counterprogramming makes perfect sense 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Standing on the room's periphery offers a contemplative experience hardly distinct from being inside the storm. 'Rain Room,' technology's hot-ticket riff on Mother Nature 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Shaped like a bulky cylinder and painted black, it has apertures on two sides and a circular opening in the ceiling that lets light into what is otherwise a dark and contemplative space. A Chicago Roofer’s Legacy Finds a Home in the Serpentine Pavilion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Temple’s book, “The Lightness,” places a group of wounded and ornery teenage girls at “a panspiritual contemplative community” retreat in the mountains, where the gardener is a man-bun-sporting slice of heaven named Luke. Review | In Emily Temple’s ‘The Lightness,’ troubled teens fall hard for the promise of spirituality 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z There were tasteful bronze sculptures of naked women here and there, and a path around a placid lake built for contemplative strolls. What’s ‘Quintessentially Korean’? The Monk? The Waterpark? Both? 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z After a harrowing and gut-wrenching opening chapter, we discover Gee, a contemplative and grieving Black boy living with two steely women who have chosen to love him despite not loving each other. Two Families Are Brought Together by a Busing Initiative 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z His interpretations could be as extreme as his times, at one moment outlandishly swift or brutally violent, contemplative or uncommonly tender the next, giddy fun at the last. For the Conductor Charles Munch, Virtuosity Meant Taking Risks 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The deepest moment was his contemplative “Time in a Bottle,” a duet with the guitarist Pete Smith. Michael Feinstein Salutes Sinatra at Birdland 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z In this contemplative "Halftime Show," the view, ultimately, is inward, a matter not of attendance, but presence. In Jesse Fleming's 'The Halftime Show,' the spectacle is all around us 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z A moment of contemplative illumination is celebrated amidst the threatening scenery of life. A Dazzling Look at the World of Taoism 2010-04-09T11:55:00Z It is a contemplative concert work — utterly mesmerizing, despite modern-leaning harmonies — and enchanting. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z According to Mr. McHenry, contemplative practices worldwide use the same pace: about five seconds of inhalation, six of exhalation. Want to Change Your Life? A New Exhibition Offers a Path. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In many cases, these painters’ works are installed in contemplative single-artist galleries. A User’s Guide to the Whitney Biennial 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z My last suggestion is not officially related to Slow Art Day, but two new shows at Greg Kucera Gallery invite contemplative looking. April 8 is Slow Art Day; here are some ways to take it easy with art 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Both the hues and gestures imbue the composition with energy, yet the painting also has a contemplative feel. A genteel brush with Victorian themes Her youngest son, Nello, more contemplative, devoted himself to historical studies that marked the stark contrast between the idealism of the Risorgimento and the brutality of Mussolini’s regime. Anti-Fascism With a Human Face 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z “First Time Joy” brings the album to what initially feels like a contemplative close, with wistful lyrics and melancholy orchestration. Album review: Bob Mould, 'Silver Age' 2012-08-31T17:46:00Z She’s a contemplative nun, where they live in isolation, but she leaves the monastery to talk about art. Suzy Nakamura Informs Herself With ‘The Dollop,’ Sister Wendy and Her Mother’s Diary 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z This is the use of television as a contemplative tool, something rarely attempted and, when done well, still remarkable. The Seductive Enthusiasm of Kenneth Clark’s “Civilisation” 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z I was intrigued by the combination of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things, two deeply contemplative books, written in very different forms. The Trailblazer: Q&A with Wild author and advice columnist Cheryl Strayed 2012-06-14T14:46:49Z Inspiration, a place of solitude and humility — the titles of Miller’s deeply contemplative canvases identify the profound abstract qualities his work shares with Fouquet’s figurative imagery. John M. Miller, artist behind painstakingly painted geometric abstractions, dies at 77 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z As the wistful, contemplative Doc, who retired from crime when Val went to prison and spends his days painting sunrises and watching cable, Walken is quietly convincing. Scent of Doomed Men: Al Pacino and Christopher Walken Team Up for Stand Up Guys 2013-01-31T12:59:25Z During a concert built around the Protestant hymns on his gorgeous and contemplative new album, “Be Still” — due out on Tuesday on Greenleaf, his independent label — Mr. Douglas spoke of his motivation only in passing. Critic’s Notebook: Dave Douglas’s New Album, ‘Be Still’ 2012-09-23T21:32:21Z The piano's biting percussive edge contrasted well with the flurry of swirling flute figurations, before achieving a slower, more contemplative, though still incisive, coda. Walker/Watkins 2010-06-09T21:15:00Z Visitors are intentionally limited to preserve a contemplative atmosphere and accommodate residential neighborhoods. Here's why the Broad museum's generous lending program may not work out 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z She depicts them as tonsured monks, “ascetic and contemplative,” working on the book together, Taylor helping Bechdel with the color. Alison Bechdel’s Latest Offers Familiar Pleasures in Brighter Colors 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z In snaps he's eating fish and chips, sipping coffee, riding the subway, preparing for his memorable 2009 sunset slot at Coachella, at times contemplative, others with an infectious smile. 'On Tour with Leonard Cohen' presents a picture of the singing poet 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Her visual style brings to mind the lengthy contemplative shots in Tarkovsky's Stalker, Nostalgia and The Sacrifice, and we think of blitzed cities, battlefields, the death camps, the post-industrial world and the impermanence of civilisation. Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow ? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z But rum has a serious, contemplative side as well — its pirates-partying-on-the-beach reputation notwithstanding — which the bar’s Rum manhattan, I think, evokes best. Shaken & Stirred: The Choices? Rum and Rum 2009-12-12T04:54:37Z The parade takes place the next day, preceding a more contemplative period on the third day, when the boys visit relatives’ homes to pray for their families. Beloved princes: Boys become Buddhist novices in Thailand 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z "It is a grave work," wrote the Musical Times's anonymous correspondent, "exhibiting power and much charm of the contemplative kind, but it appears overlong for the subject-matter." Cloud of knowing 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z I didn’t know how his plans were, to get Don to this meditative, contemplative place. Jon Hamm Talks About the 'Mad Men' Series Finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Cornish also carries with him the memory, from 2001, of being mugged in his neighborhood by a teenage boy, an experience that left him more contemplative than angry or frightened. Keeping It Real With Aliens in the ?Hood 2011-07-22T14:00:00Z Diaz, a “slow cinema” director known for contemplative arthouse films, grew up under martial law and saw his village burn in a country Marcos ruled for two decades before he being overthrown in 1986. Marcos-era musical resonates with modern Philippines, director says 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z First, as a ballgame generally calls for multiple beers, you wouldn’t want the heavy hitters, contemplative barley wines and other high-alcohol brews. Beer Review: American Lagers 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Her outwardly bookish existence challenges the ancient distinction between active and contemplative ways of living, but the work of thinking is notoriously difficult to show. Movie Review: ‘Hannah Arendt,’ With Barbara Sukowa and Janet McTeer 2013-05-28T21:31:05Z True critics are witty rather than abusive, smart rather than smart-arsed, contemplative rather than extrovert. Charlie Brooker: Why I'm calling time on Screen Burn 2010-10-15T13:54:00Z It was slow and contemplative, but that’s a perfectly good change of pace from what we ordinarily see in action movies. ‘Westworld’ and ‘Devs’ Asked Big Questions. A Physicist Responds. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z As minutes tick by, an unexpected sense of contemplative calm envelops a viewer. Chris Burden's 'Ode to Santos Dumont' inspires wonder, delight 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Garfield’s dutiful, contemplative Rodrigues faces the most grueling trial of all. Review: Scorsese's 'Silence' Gorgeous and Haunting 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z His focus on life’s range of responsibilities, primarily parenting duties, has made Schoolboy Q more contemplative. How Schoolboy Q took it slow and had one of the best years in rap 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z I feel that time is now moving at the rate of contemplative thought, which, writer Rebecca Solnit suspects, moves at the speed of walking – around three miles an hour. A mountain of happy memories in British Columbia 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z “St. Matthew” is something like its wise and contemplative sibling. Review: A ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Balances Grandeur and Calm 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Then in the third act, you reach the contemplative stage where being drunk produces a strange form of insight. Playing drunk: Now, what was I shaying? 2011-03-23T21:31:10Z St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle is serving yet another purpose in its storied history: contemplative art space. 'Icons in Transformation' exhibition fills St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle 2011-08-11T21:08:05Z The outlandish world presented by "Tiger King" is funny, gross, frustrating, contemplative, and ultimately sympathetic. Netflix's "Tiger King" is an enthralling yet humane look at when the outlandish becomes an obsession 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Craig Webb of Gehry Partners likened the plan’s “layering of spaces” to the Lincoln Memorial, which the designers used as a guide to move visitors from busy street-scape to contemplative memorial. Revised Gehry design of Eisenhower Memorial get okay from fine arts panel A long, sloping grand staircase cuts through the center of the space, slowing one's transition from the world outside to the contemplative interior upstairs. Pollock's stellar 'Lucifer' and impressive Anderson Collection 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Yet pieces like this one can have a surface sameness, which was the one downside of a program that mostly emphasized Ms. Saariaho’s contemplative side. Review: A Composer’s Mystical Music Gets the Space It Demands 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Returning to the instrument he first learned to play allowed him to access those formative moments and filter them through an entire lifetime’s worth of experiences with contemplative practice. Laraaji’s music has emphasized stillness and calm for decades. Now the world is trying to get on his level. 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Though partly inspired by Ross’s battle with cancer while writing it, the record is more imagistic than diaristic, and more contemplative than despairing. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “I think where we are today is that we are scared of contemplative spaces,” Mr. Prudon said. At the Hirshhorn, a Battle Over Plans for Its Sculpture Garden 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Since the concert starts at 5 a.m., people are being encouraged to camp out to Feldman's soft, contemplative sounds. Percussionist Steven Schick plans a big bang for Ojai Music Festival 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z While the more upbeat second take was issued by the label as a single, it’s the slower, more contemplative first take that’s the masterpiece. Greg Kot: Music behind myths of Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson 2011-05-03T18:47:25Z And that — give or take a clarinet, a shakuhachi and an electric bass — is pretty much the template for the whole intuitive and sensible, contemplative and bone-rattling album. Playlist: Surfboards, Harmonies and Sheet Metal 2010-09-19T20:25:00Z The album then hits its stride with a quartet of contemplative songs: "UBerlin," "Oh My Heart," "It Happened Today" and "Every Day is Yours to Win." Review: R.E.M. in fine form on 'Collapse into Now' 2011-03-17T17:22:11Z Sterling said the museum offers a contemplative setting that rarely draws big crowds. In Phase 2 of reopening, theaters and museums are a go. But the Smithsonian will take it slow. 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z “While these events are contemplative and respectful, I wonder how much of the silent listening is spent obsessing about one’s own silence rather than hearing others and the environment,” she says. Ssshhh! How the cult of quiet can change your life 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Back home in Massachusetts, where she was still known as Sharon Perry and working as a pharmacy technician, there was no one she knew who was even contemplating a contemplative life. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Early reviews have described "Scratch My Back" as a poignant, contemplative album that is stripped down to the essentials, featuring just Gabriel's voice accompanied by chamber instruments as well as brass and keyboards. 2010-02-15T17:33:00Z It calls for a red, and it’s more important for the wine to be thirst-quenching and assertive than contemplative and subtle. A Feast as Thrilling to Make as It Is to Eat 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z A mundane sound interrupts the contemplative mood; the next shot is of a cleaner steering a floor polisher across a shining floor. Frederick Wiseman Turns to National Gallery in London for His Latest Documentary 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Designed by architecture firm Thomas Phifer and Partners, the new building, called the Pavilions, features 204,000 square feet of galleries, a central water court, contemplative rooms, office space and a library. Much anticipated Glenstone expansion to open Oct. 4 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z I am finding myself pulled toward the cool, the empirical, the contemplative, the Buddhist. Terrence Malick, divine director 2013-04-28T17:00:00Z Some of the intense conversation that Coen might normally have exchanged with his brother, he had with Delbonnel, poring over sketches and taking contemplative cigarette breaks. Joel Coen distills ‘Macbeth’ down to the bone 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The second Schumann piece here seemed a contemplative commentary on the first. Review: David Kaplan Riffs on Schumann’s Spirit 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z For years, critics have wanted MoMA to get back to a less harried and more contemplative atmosphere. Perspective | I just went to the Met and MoMA after five months away from museums. Someone, please, pick me up off the floor. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z For that reason alone, it was essential that it should deliver, and it does, on its promise to be both a powerful and a contemplative space. Gravity's Rainbow: The 9/11 Memorial Manages a Delicate Balance Between Grief and Consolation 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z Diaz, a “slow cinema” director known for contemplative arthouse films, grew up under martial law and saw his village burn in a country Marcos ruled for two decades before he being overthrown in 1986. Marcos-era musical resonates with modern Philippines, director says 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Hikers can enter the silence of one of the small, semicircular chambers and imagine a contemplative looking out from the same entrance — toward a wall of beige granite honeycombed with scoop-like craters. The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z White and calm outside, it creates a soothing, contemplative, space inside. Why Renzo Piano's Shard is out of tune with London's historical heart 2012-08-09T11:46:06Z While Wave works with a wide range of producers, they’ve collectively honed a signature sound that suits Wave perfectly — most songs begin with lush and contemplative piano, a plangent and melancholy guitar, or both. Rod Wave Sings Through the Pain 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The chapel-like room is contemplative; the viewer reads what was expected of a nun in the fifties, what they took on, what they gave up, while guarded, while in religious costume. Suzanne Bocanegra’s Haunting, Beautiful Clutter 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z It is a contemplative wine, inviting a discussion. Two Rhone reds showcase a terrific vintage at under $20 apiece 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z A contemplative and unhurried speaker, she projects an air of calm but writes songs that betray her inner turmoil, like the metaphorical duck paddling madly beneath the smooth pond surface. The Future Is Big. So Courtney Barnett Still Sings About Small Things. 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z At the moment, there’s no greater service they can provide than creating imaginative worlds for audiences to contemplatively explore. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The cast is rounded out by Tom Riis Farrell, pleasantly authoritative yet also contemplative as Dexter, the Episcopal minister who's been running the school for 30 years. Review: Revival of Gurney's 'Old Boy' well-staged 2013-03-06T21:59:08Z The Broad is more inward-looking and allows for a more contemplative experience. The problem with The Broad is the collection itself 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z “I grew up watching him deliver contemplative and contextual prose with his famous short essays, bringing class and dignity to his industry,” Jim Nantz, the lead CBS Sports announcer, said in a statement. Jack Whitaker, Hall of Fame sports broadcaster, dies at 95 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z The Phillips is not the only museum to experiment with this kind of contemplative tour. At the Phillips Collection, viewing art through mindful meditation After all, there are composers whose music, and indeed whose lives, seem less privately contemplative, more obviously playful, dramatic or public. Bach in business 2010-07-29T20:45:00Z It forces me to be more contemplative about my own life as well as the lives of others. "Most of us are broken": Author Cheryl Strayed embraces the imperfection of "Tiny Beautiful Things" 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z It’s unusually contemplative and visual, as if she literally needed this breath of fresh air. Tana French’s Irish Western Features a Retired Lawman and a Missing Boy 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Single player mode's contemplative pace couldn't be further from the breathless flurry of its internationally renowned deathmatches. Nick Gillett's top 10 games of 2010 2010-12-18T00:07:43Z Instead, the restless rhythms of the mutts’ uncertain existence lend a poetic randomness to a movie that’s more contemplative than cute. ‘Stray’ Review: Nothing but a Hound Dog 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z While the first half of his life had been dominated by backbreaking work, the second half was more contemplative. Shostakovich meets Michelangelo the lover 2013-06-29T08:00:49Z And though there are episodes of bloody mayhem and steamy sex, the mood is contemplative, at times almost serene. Review: ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,’ Spike Lee’s Vampire Movie 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z At once groove-based and lyrical, thumping and contemplative, this two-movement work is as rich as any piece by Adams to date. USB Soundscapes: Eclectica – John Adams; The Rest is Noise: LPO/Jurowski; Britten Sinfonia – review 2013-01-27T00:08:04Z The discussion will conclude with a look at a contemplative scene from “Hamlet,” in which the prince comes face to face with the smelly skull of Yorick, a court jester. Around Town for Aug. 12-18 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z With demands for constant contact and hyper-productivity, we often discount the need for contemplative spaces. The church of the righteous armchair will set you free 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z She looks like a contemplative Madonna on screen, with long, fair hair. Sarah Polley: 'Stories are our way of coping, of creating shape out of mess' 2013-06-22T23:05:32Z Its comparatively clean vocals and terse riffs exasperated some longtime fans, but even they were hard-pressed to argue with the title track, a fierce yet contemplative assault of rock authority. Pop & Rock Listings for May 9-15 2014-05-08T22:39:49Z Initially Ms. King, like Alicia, seems difficult to read, with that quiet, contemplative gaze. Cultural Studies: ?The Good Wife? and Its Women 2011-04-30T04:37:02Z “I’m in the contemplative part of my life.” Don’t Tell, but Jane Alexander Is Also a Comedian 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Ms. Witherspoon is also in a more contemplative place. Reese Witherspoon Goes Against Type in ‘Wild’ 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Perhaps the central question for him was: What contribution can the contemplative make to peacemaking, especially in a bellicose age? The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z And “Hungry,” a work in which nothing much happens beyond some contemplative pre-dinner chatter, may well be the most resonantly topical and emotionally engaging play of this presidential election year. Review: ‘Hungry’ Portrays a Mourning Clan in Election Year 2016 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z His most contemplative moment came on "Most Kingz," which he began a capella. Music Review: Jay-Z Performs Charity Concert at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-07T10:53:56Z He’s fond of nature imagery and pretty, consonant sounds, but his music is changeable and contemplative rather than saccharine. Lizzo Conquers Self-Doubt With an ’80s Jam, and 7 More New Songs 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z And without veering into explicit narrative he aims to create a multilayered expressive texture that sets optimism against anguish, light against dark and high energy choreography against contemplative stillness. This week's new dance 2011-03-19T00:06:51Z Several of his early, contemplative, Asian-influenced works, including his gorgeous “In a Landscape,” will be heard, too. Coming to Town Hall: The John Cage Musicircus in all its weird glory 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z What unites these artists isn’t style but mode: Each benefits from contemplative, unhurried listening. FORM Arcosanti, a Music Festival That Thinks Small 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z The contemplative “Rooms” might be called disturbingly relaxing. Review: The Private Dystopias of ‘Arlington’ and ‘Rooms’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Risotto is probably the perfect distillation of everything he’s taught me about cooking — that the act should be slow, methodical, contemplative. My dad puts turmeric in his risotto — and now I do too 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Besides being more contemplative than television, public radio was about sound, not color. Meet Joshua Johnson, Diane Rehm’s successor — and a bold move for WAMU 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z There he met the painter Paul Cadmus, who introduced him to egg-tempera technique, which enforced a slower style of painting much more congenial to Mr. Tooker’s contemplative nature. George Tooker, Painter Capturing Modern Anxieties, Dies at 90 2011-03-29T20:32:21Z More contemplative than experimental, with some high-necked dresses that looked soberly Steinbeckian, the collection was a solid step forward. | Fashion Review: It?s Good to Know It?s Not All About Posing 2011-02-16T00:45:23Z In order to read a good book or even to absorb a really good movie, you have to have contemplative time. T.C. Boyle discusses "The Lie" in movies 2011-11-18T19:29:19Z There are more flashbacks, this time to 1935, where Bill is considerably less bloodthirsty and more contemplative about his past as a no-good, murderous, vicious vamp. True Blood: season two, episode seven 2010-04-09T22:10:00Z And it was during this contemplative moment that I gleaned a little piece of advice from an unlikely source: David Carr, the former media columnist here, who died last year. The Upside to Technology? It’s Personal 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Which means that of the catalog of stories presented here, some will be contemplative, angsty and internal; others more joyful. Dance Listings for Jan. 30-Feb. 5 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z With an art educator, the families discuss a painting or sculpture with a salient theme, and the contemplative nature of the space is a balm. In Appalachia, Crafting a Road to Recovery With Dulcimer Strings 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Director Danny Boyle’s visually gorgeous, contemplative drama about a crew of astronauts dispatched on a mission to try to reignite the dying sun. Love astronaut-themed science fiction? Seattle Times staffers name their favorite books, movies and TV shows of that genre. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Hagerty weaves a bottom-up history of state terror, turning a contemplative eye on the communities and the scientists who are left to pick up the pieces, literally, of violent conflict. In the Search for Latin America’s Disappeared, Memories and Evidence Entwine 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Humble and contemplative, he enjoys his work tending an apple orchard, the company of a few old friends and a happy marriage. Families Banter and Bicker Their Way Through Three New Novels 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z They would then wake up and enjoy two or three hours of time that was characterised as contemplative and restful, and then take another four hours of sleep until morning. Human hibernation: the restoring effects of hiding away in winter 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z There are existential echoes of Beckett and Albee in this contemplative work that’s part TED talk, part show and tell. 5 Shows to See in New York When You Only Have an Hour 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s unusually contemplative and visual, as if she literally needed this breath of fresh air.” 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Throughout her career she was concerned with contemplative, deliberately understated interpretation: what interested her was the exquisite confluence of text, timbre, tonality and timing encapsulated in the best popular songs. Barbara Lea, Interpreter of American Popular Songs, Dies 2012-01-02T00:44:30Z One exterior path will mimic a mountain climb, while the other will provide access to more contemplative outdoor spaces, for reading, chilling or checking email. Review | The Helix is a distraction. Amazon’s new headquarters will change more than just its Arlington neighborhood. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Standing in the doorway, separated from all that dirt by a hip-height sheet of Plexiglas and inhaling the loamy aroma, I was struck less by the strangeness than by the contemplative calm it evoked. The Met, they’re not: The oddest museums in New York City 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z During a recent interview, the contemplative actress, who is still one of cinema's great beauties at 61, admitted that fear was a big factor in her deciding to play Maria. Kim Basinger made the time for low-budget '11th Hour' 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Of course, this has long been a hallmark of Ms. Weems’s photo installations, which are contemplative and stunningly poetic in their depictions of Black life. Black Art and Poetry Elevate a Tribute to Civil Rights Leaders 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Wells’s “War of the Worlds” — would imagine him to be a contemplative person, prone to periods of darkness, and it turns out that he is. This Time, He Stars In His Own Story 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Churchman, 41, is known for their contemplative, detailed explorations of a broad array of themes relating to memory, pop culture and art history. An Artist Whose Buddhist and Painting Practices Converge 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z His book isn’t so much about parenting as it is about what he calls “contemplative computing.” Books of The Times: 3 Books Offer Ways to Cut the Cord, If Only Briefly 2013-08-18T22:14:01Z The work faded away on a contemplative note, with a three-note motif whispered in the violin’s highest register. Music Review: Pairing Wolfgangs From Two Eras 2010-11-19T22:50:00Z A contemplative look at the new China and at a river whose banks are home to more people than live in the entire US. 2010's best books 2010-12-10T14:14:00Z The story couldn’t be simpler, and the opera deepens not through the complexity of the plot, but from the emotional weight of living with these characters in a kind of contemplative stillness. Your Guide to a Met Opera Milestone 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Kelly’s contemplative personal essays draw on current events and cultural criticism to explore the meaning of “home” for Black people. New & Noteworthy, From Elizabeth Warren to Life as a Black Millennial 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z “Resurrection,” by Larry King, formed an evocative arc from contemplative stillness through brash, steely fanfare to pensive reflection. Music Review: Kent Tritle at St. John the Divine - Review 2011-11-24T22:09:11Z They have also watched him evolve from a performer known for innovative and unpredictable comedy bits to a more contemplative monologuist and interviewer. No. 10: How to Leave ‘Late Show With David Letterman’; No. 9: What’s Next? 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Seven photographs included in the exhibition, also shot on film, share the contemplative mood. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z No, okay, but it's an introspective, a thoughtful kind of contemplative environment. Jim Gaffigan’s second act is much richer than his Hot Pockets persona 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Without losing its discerning eye for absurdity, the movie shifts into contemplative territory in the chapter devoted to Bernaschi's wife. 'Human Capital' a sharp view of economic divide 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z “This is a contemplative film. It’s about what it means to be an artist,” Sloss said. Telluride Film Festival to screen 'Birdman,' 'Rosewater,' 'Wild' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The MFA’s best impression of Hokusai’s wave appears here not in contemplative isolation but crowded among imitations, parodies and tribute acts. How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The arrangement seems contemplative, perfect and hilarious, but maybe tragic. Review: ‘Ron Nagle: Five O’Clock Shadow,’ Delicacy and Tension on a Small Scale 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Krivak’s serene and contemplative novel invites us to consider a vision of time as circular, of existence as grand and eternal beyond the grasp of individuals — and of a world able to outlive human destructiveness. Review | Andrew Krivak’s ‘The Bear’ takes a gentler approach to post-apocalyptic fiction 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Wiener-Dog is a stolid animal, not a frisky hunter or an open-field athlete but a contemplative and domestic dog, a homebody who, through no fault of her own, has trouble finding a home. Todd Solondz’s Exquisite, Imperfect “Wiener-Dog” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Which means that of the catalog of stories presented here, some will be contemplative, angsty and internal, others more joyful. Dance Listings for Jan. 23-29 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Candles glow from recesses in the walls of this elegant, clean-lined set — a classically contemplative monument to democracy, and the shell for Mr. Nelson’s memorial to Socrates. Review: In ‘Socrates,’ a Brainy Tribute to a Prickly Provocateur 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z A penniless young aristocrat determined to maintain the contemplative life of a country gentleman must, suddenly, get a job. Perspective | We need comic novels more than ever. So where are they? 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z "Disclosure" is full to bursting with such contemplative moments as Richards', where its subjects thoughtfully find some small pearl of positivity in a gigantic manufactured lake of insult and pain. Netflix's potent "Disclosure" explores how Hollywood has both damaged and uplifted transgender lives 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z An early photograph shows a towheaded young man with horn-rimmed glasses, and an open, contemplative expression. Time Out: The Beauty of J. A. Baker’s “The Peregrine” 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Most verse lovers I hear from also mention the buoyant, contemplative lines of the former poet laureate Billy Collins. Poems to Uplift and Inspire Young Adults 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z As Yun-Ling reconnects with old friends at the hill station and the tone becomes contemplative, we slip into chronologically complex flashbacks. The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - review 2012-08-24T21:55:01Z Then he looks in the mirror and has an introspective moment to the sounds of Brian Wilson’s most contemplative tune from the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. Mad Men Watch: Three Bad Trips 2012-04-23T12:00:25Z “When you’re not attending to tasks, you can be more contemplative about it,” Dove said. Perspective | The winter garden is full of promise and productivity. Don’t let it go to waste. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Yet no one ever wrote less “beautifully” in the contemplative, lyric Hemingway fashion. Review: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Muttered Persian lines from the text were woven into the restless music, though, even here, the piece over all had a self-contained, contemplative character. Review: A Composer’s Mystical Music Gets the Space It Demands 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Newman describes these as being, “collectivist, contemplative … with tamed natural spaces”. Brave new worlds: what can we learn from film's utopian visions? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The more contemplative second act suffers a bit from a surfeit of point-making plot. Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Koenig noted she admires the the contemplative tone of some parts of Mad Men: “Even though it’s TV and the characters are talking, there’s a quietness to it that I really like.” Here's What Happened When Matthew Weiner Met Sarah Koenig 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Ellis likes to give the cats titles, and while “Reverend” was just a random pick, he did seem to be the most contemplative of the litter. Would you like to adopt Adam Sandler? He’s small and scaly and available. 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z The diary becomes a record of his unraveling, as contemplative melancholy spirals into despair. Review: ‘First Reformed’ Is an Epiphany. Ethan Hawke Is, Too. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z As the episode begins, Tyrion is walking through the smoldering remains of King’s Landing, looking like we all feel: grim, contemplative, uncertain. “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Finale Recap: The Iron Throne 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z For a more contemplative consideration of stardom, head less than two miles southeast to Hollywood Forever, a 62-acre cemetery where many Golden Age greats have found their final resting place. Why you should skip the Hollywood Walk of Fame for this L.A. cemetery 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z When I’m not in a contemplative mood and simply need to get a slaw made, the grating disk on my food processor provides the muscle power. For slaws with staying power and no leftovers, go cabbage-free 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The dinner—melted Manchego over escargot—was not very Finnish, but the argument was, being rather subdued and punctuated by a number of long, contemplative silences. Can the Guggenheim Charm Finland? 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z With it, she said, she could convey the contemplative melancholy or intoxicating joy she felt each time she played. Fredell Lack, Admired Violinist and Teacher, Dies at 95 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z That's a problem, Jamison argues, because contemplative silence is a gateway to the soul, a way to meet our true selves; this, in turn, is a gateway to God. Tonight's TV highlights: The Big Silence 2010-10-21T23:04:00Z The cheeky greeting implies, correctly, that not every work will be a contemplative downer. ‘Total Art’: A new vision of videos at National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition “It’s something that’s close to the zeitgeist of our times,” Ms. Daley said of the sudden vogue for that more contemplative side. Film School Students Aplenty, but What About Jobs? 2011-07-04T15:57:39Z The contemplative atmosphere of the yard would not be the same if not for the gates and the fences that delineate a barrier between town and gown. The Gates at Harvard Have Stories to Tell 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Mary Gordon's contemplative seventh novel is not so much a romance as a reckoning, a reminiscence, a reflection on aging, identity and absolution. 'The Love of My Youth': Two former lovers and their reckoning in Rome 2011-05-04T19:33:04Z Flamenco naturally traverses emotional peaks and valleys, and Ms. Barrio plunges her whole being into every ascent and descent, from furious to rapturous, sorrowful to playful, confrontational to contemplative. Tragic Greek Rebel Takes Up Flamenco 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z When Doolittle's half-hour set is over, the audience sits in contemplative silence. Eliza Doolittle: stage-school tyke of a bygone era, or postmodern prankster? 2010-06-24T21:29:00Z The contemplative lyrics of “Born in the USA” get lost, Mr. Lynskey argues, because Mr. Springsteen seemed to be “hollering it at you while riding in a tank.” Books of The Times: Sing It Loud: Changing the World With a Song 2011-04-28T16:23:27Z The slow middle movement was especially alluring, with a violin-and-flute duo playing a contemplative melody over a drone of bass clarinet and cello, with high tinkling piano sounds above. Music Review: MoMA Summergarden Series Opens With Contemporary Works 2013-07-08T20:52:46Z If such dying falls allow us to sink for a while into a contemplative wistfulness, our nerves go on feeling frayed long after. Howard Jacobson: In praise of bad boys' books 2012-10-05T21:55:17Z De Kooning’s rocking chair was positioned to provide contemplative distance from the canvas. The Afterlife of Willem de Kooning 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z What is strange is that many Angelenos I talked to echoed this view of interstate gridlock as a kind of contemplative lacuna. Finding Yourself in Los Angeles 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The downside: They don't often have intimate or contemplative experiences with the art, she said. Museum selfies are having a moment 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Time away from the spotlight can make a writer contemplative, cooling youthful passions and leading to hard-earned, gnomic wisdom. Albert Innaurato Returns to the Stage With ‘Doubtless’ 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z There’s an incredible stylistic range displayed within the constraints of the album’s contemplative and darkly seductive tone. Beyoncé Reviewed: One of Pop Music’s Most Important Moments 2013-12-16T16:28:45Z Both Jewell and another reader, Gary Ezard, were unanimous in their praise for Thai Lemon Grass, a sunny corner establishment with floral displays and contemplative Buddha statuary. The hunt for the D.C. area’s best cheap-eats hotbeds: Van Dorn Station 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Even with its deliberate, contemplative spirit the movie struck a chord when it opened in France last year, selling more than three million tickets. Film: Worldly Actor Finds Method in a Monastery 2011-02-20T02:01:25Z She steers gracefully through a zigzagging plot, slowing down for quiet, contemplative stretches and pausing for jokes that are irrelevant but irresistible. Review: In ‘Maggie’s Plan,’ Greta Gerwig Aspires to Motherhood on Her Terms 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Grossman radiates wisdom, modesty, kindness and, above all, a sort of stillness: contemplative and tender, but steely, too. David Grossman: 'I cannot afford the luxury of despair' 2010-08-28T23:03:00Z In fulfillment of the band’s one-thoughtful-song-per-album mandate, everyone pretends to be contemplative and sad, but Levine wasn’t made for that — he was built to be callow and slippery, and he’s commendably good at those things. Peak cheesiness and painful sincerity: New music from Maroon 5 and Counting Crows Or was this quiet, contemplative place the source of strength, embodied in one woman? Dance of the Everywoman 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z As it turns out, the work made by women in Desert X proved less spectacle-driven and more contemplative. ‘Desert X’ Treats Arid Space as a Rich Canvas 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z And the natural world offers heavy competition when circulating through these contemplative spaces. Review | The country’s newest must-see museum is meticulous and quietly spectacular 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Executives pass through a tunnel of flashing lights or visit the indoor contemplative garden with edible ferns. Ball pits, buskers and ‘ninja gardeners’: This business conference is a circus. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z He looked contemplative, as if he were seriously considering my response. How a Bird Feeder Revived My Marriage 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Many scenes are fleeting and shorn of a more contemplative approach not only to transgender identity, but also to childhood more broadly. ‘Transhood’ Review: Five Years Pass as Transgender Kids Grow Up 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Finally, the shutter closed when his eyelids were half open, which gives him a contemplative look. Adi Nes's best photograph: a man, a turkey and an imaginary village 2012-12-12T17:42:14Z The longer, even more contemplative songs in the second part question the hopes of the first. Nick Cave Searches for Solace on ‘Ghosteen’ 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z An avid art collector, Mr. Kagge next thought to seek contemplative silence inside a museum. In Search of Silence 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z The first third of the recording, which features three Iverson works, is contemplative. ‘Temporary Kings’ Review: Alluringly Reserved 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Above the coat rack hung a portrait of Taylor, painted by Wallace: she looked contemplative, her gaze serious. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z He sought instead a contemplative piece, where transmigration may apply to the movement of thoughts, as well as souls, founded in the belief that suffering and loss can ultimately be a transformative experience. Three Choirs festival ? review 2011-08-09T18:30:01Z A new wave of contemplative blockbuster film-making, probably in 2019, since it usually takes around two years for studios to rip off unexpectedly successful ideas. Sedate expectations: will Blade Runner 2049 give birth to the slow-burn blockbuster? 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z The big finale, “Psychic Automation,” feels forced, but the contemplative tracks along the way savor the journey more than the arrival. Playlist: Teen, Jorge Drexler and Secret Sisters Have New Albums 2014-04-25T19:44:43Z So to commence the festival Mr. Davis wrote a contemplative piece scored for winds and percussion, especially bells and chimes, but also for audience members with cellphones. Music Review: I?m Playing With the Orchestra. Leave a Message After the Beep. 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z In their performance the sensitive Mivos players created the contemplative atmosphere this piece demands. Music Review: Mivos Quartet Performs Compositions by Modernists 2012-10-14T21:20:40Z For a memorable forty minutes or so, Yankee Stadium became a dark and contemplative place for a performance that ran nearly uninterrupted, except for a few quiet pauses. Music Review: Music Review: Big Four With Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica 2011-09-15T11:29:14Z The teaser video shows a sparking neon sign: simple, contemplative and light years away from 2010's bamboozling video for Radioactive. Kings of Leon unveil new single, Supersoaker 2013-07-18T11:32:35Z By contrast Linden, although still contemplative and aloof, is much more like the driven female cops on US TV that we're used to seeing from The Closer to Saving Grace. AMC's The Killing - review 2011-04-04T10:32:23Z It’s a contemplative story about a D.C. family that got snarled in that scandal years ago and is only now starting to talk about what happened. Karen Olsson’s ‘All the Houses’ traces the personal costs of a political scandal 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The other standout is Weight of My Mistakes, which mixes contemplative lyrics with an upbeat tune so catchy it requires surgical removal. Seal: 6: Commitment 2010-09-16T22:59:00Z He is an elegant, contemplative filmmaker, observing strong emotions with a careful balance of sympathy and detachment. Review: Oscar-Winner Ang Lee’s Super-High-Definition Take on the Iraq War 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z His animals are at once fur-faced and contemplative, inhabiting a tender realm whose coziness comes from the joys of the natural world and of unconventional friendships. Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z If the 3D is to really do its job, it needs to do justice to its more contemplative moments, too. The Great Gatsby trailer shows Baz Luhrmann putting 3D to good use 2012-05-23T14:20:42Z When we arrive, we have this setting to ourselves save for a lone dude sitting contemplatively on a rock. On Maui, seeking out the hidden wows of wild Hawaii 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Bliss is the serene, contemplative opener, with a throbbing bassline and female soul vocal that is very Heaven 17. New band of the day: Heterotic (No 1,443) 2013-01-31T16:58:09Z The series of turns, which are supposed to put you in a contemplative mood, serve only to put the art on a kind of pedestal, making what was once accessible seem precious and untouchable. Critic?s Notebook: Eccentricity Gives Way to Uniformity in Museums 2011-03-27T01:30:05Z First there’s the production, which is contemplative and sometimes lush but never brittle or bombastic, as is the vogue for so much Southern hip-hop of the day. 8Ball’s Album ‘Life’s Quest’ Returns to Classic Southern Rap 2012-08-10T14:00:57Z Tensions naturally arise — between the contemplative and the analytical mind, and between art and nature. Review | The country’s newest must-see museum is meticulous and quietly spectacular 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The floating parallels between the two women’s professional and romantic crises are realized with a sure but light touch that rises to a sublime contemplative indeterminacy. Eight Tales of Art and Sex in Joe Swanberg’s “Easy” 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Across 24 contemplative songs, Lambert aches without wallowing. After high-profile divorce, Miranda Lambert aches without wallowing on double album 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z They are contemplative, self-contained creatures, like equine versions of the isolated, expressive humans sculpted by Giacometti. Review: Deborah Butterfield's contemplative horses at Greg Kucera 2011-06-09T20:23:04Z “There was such a thing as a contemplative museum, but I don’t think that can survive anymore,” he told Newsweek in 1978. Jan Fontein, Scholar of Asian Art, Is Dead at 89 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z The terse, urgent pacing of the first act dips somewhat during the contemplative and mystical doings of the second. Music Review: In Philadelphia, an Operatic Portrait of a Stepmother for the Ages 2011-06-05T22:02:22Z Hinds’s stunning, digitally enhanced brush-and-ink illustrations capture a few quiet contemplative scenes but, more often, the fierce movement of the attacks and counterattacks that made up a samurai’s life. Best children’s and YA books for March 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z They usually involve acoustic guitars, beat-up pianos and contemplative looks at his instruments between songs. Music Review: Strumming Solo, With the Reverb of a Full Band 2011-04-25T21:59:38Z Sweet, cunning and contemplative in equal measure, Molly Solverson at first glance looks like a Campbell Soup kid who grew up to become a police officer. Q&A: Newcomer Allison Tolman gets her big break on ‘Fargo’ 2014-05-01T19:02:41Z “He never said why,” Strathairn said, and turned contemplative as he noted older generations’ sometimes overwhelming impulse to shield the younger from pain. Opening Old Wounds as the Man Who Warned About the Holocaust 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The poems are beautiful, understated and contemplative; read them alone, or alongside the prints, which are available online. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z The well-intentioned but bromide-laden first part of the film introduces us to Kipchoge the man, shown as a runner with a tireless work ethic, a contemplative attitude and a fundamental modesty. ‘Kipchoge: The Last Milestone’ Review: Skipping Ahead 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z His down-tempo beats are intended to cause what he has called “rhythmic anguish,” a more meditative and contemplative state, though they still retain an insinuating groove. Music: Nicolas Jaar, Electronic Musician and Student at Brown 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z The contemplative pity on Ms. Taub’s face at that moment says everything you need to know about a joke turned toxic. Review: In a Blissful Musical ‘Twelfth Night’ in Central Park, Song Is Empathy 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Claire is gazing off contemplatively at the northern lights en route to Moscow. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: Shame On You, Mr. President 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z But despite the slow and contemplative style, made up largely of long, slow shots, Beauvois said he was confident that audiences would understand and accept the film. Cannes film follows French monks killed in Algeria 2010-05-18T14:31:00Z However, most are minimal, abstract works whose washed-out grays and silvers introduce contemplative negative spaces within the patterns of the rugs. | A Magic Carpet Ride in a Venetian Palazzo 2013-06-05T17:47:17Z But I’m not minding the contemplative slow build when it’s done as well as this. ‘The Americans,’ Season 5, Episode 8: The Humanization of Elizabeth 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Catchy numbers threaded with Biblical imagery, contemplative ballads, and lyrical narratives comprise the album. Josh Ritter preaches his “messianic oracular honky tonk”: “I don’t feel a huge connection to religion, except as a large accumulation of confusing, confusing stories” 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z “A man must have a code,” Bunk Moreland said in a contemplative moment of “The Wire.” Movie Review: ‘Parker,’ Starring Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham 2013-01-24T23:27:56Z After that furious movement, one is indeed receptive to the contemplative film animation that follows. Review: Ralph Lemon makes his NW debut with fascinating, moving work 2010-11-19T21:27:00Z It revealed that Bowie was as creative and contemplative as ever, and the album became his first number one in the U.K. in 20 years. 11 Essential David Bowie Songs 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z “It’s a formalistic show,” she said, “one that is both serene and contemplative.” Inside Art: Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing Will Unfurl in Uptown Manhattan 2013-07-04T19:35:25Z Of the many rappers who in recent years have experienced explosive popularity while facing horrific criminal allegations, none is as contemplative or introspective an artist as Kodak Black. 6ix9ine is a taunter. Kodak Black Grapples With Tough Questions in His Music, but Nowhere Else 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z His manner was contemplative and slow, with little of the verve and fire I’d known. Our last Thanksgiving 2012-11-23T01:00:00Z Nevertheless, he sees our current direction as indicative of “the loss of the contemplative mind,” he said. The End of Reflection 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Will she shed her carefree, child-star origins for something greater, more contemplative as her career stretches forward? Ariana Grande and the Beatles have even more in common than sales records 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Chromatic saturation in varying hues delivers nothing short of contemplative bliss. James Hayward's monochromatic installation delivers contemplative bliss 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z “That’s the same harmonic material as in the opening scene, but presented in a much more philosophical, serene, contemplative way.” Composing 'The Theory of Everything' 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z While A Touch of Sin's themes of injustice and exploitation are familiar territory for Jia Zhangke, its style is a stark departure from his usual contemplative tone. China must end silence on injustice, warns film director Jia Zhangke 2013-06-24T20:35:09Z “Boston Med” maintains a balanced tempo that captures both the rushed intensity of hospital life and the contemplative melancholy and inspiring buoyancy that suffuses the experience of patients and their families. | 'Boston Med': Inside Boston Hospitals, Where Reality Is Real 2010-06-23T23:58:00Z Technical problems plague the shows, as amplifiers unexpectedly feed back, demolishing the contemplative simplicity of the music. Review: ‘Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire,’ Portrait of an Artist in Chaos 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Figures alone in contemplative trances, or alienated from their partners in scenes of evident tension, define most of the works. 22 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z This search for contemplative peace underpins the Japanese practice of forest bathing, Shinrin-yoku, in which you find a quiet, mossy woodland and mindfully apply all the senses to it. The garden has lessons for us in this quarantine, if we are willing to stop and listen 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z In the movie’s more contemplative moments, Aidan, who is only nominally religious, considers the meaning of life with a rabbi. Zach Braff Directs and Stars in ‘Wish I Was Here’ 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Picture books encourage Tan’s kind of lingering, contemplative attention to detail. Shaun Tan?s Wild Imagination 2011-04-23T04:30:02Z The mood of these new episodes is starkly contemplative – Will and Hannibal relive the events of the second season finale repeatedly, imprinting their grieving on to the other inhabitants of their worlds. Hannibal showrunner: 'We are not making television. We are making a pretentious art film from the 80s' 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z An impossible love shot through with the death drive, presented through lush, contemplative music? Your Guide to a Met Opera Milestone 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z After a contemplative pause, he added, “It’s a great story.” Now You See Him, Now You Don’t: Duchamp From Beyond the Grave 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Unlike an image hanging sedately in the Tate Modern, approached deliberately and contemplatively, live comedy retains that sudden, explosive power – that visceral punch. Sanderson Jones offers us a picture of ourselves offended 2010-08-16T16:55:00Z We can also sit at the same table in silence, one of us just contemplatively staring out at the horizon, momentarily checking email, or phoning a spouse or partner. A Kindred Spirit to Share the Road 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The wan contemplative spirit of Scandinavian art once again creeps in, over the shelves, infusing the silver light. Christian K?bke: Nordic exposure 2010-03-24T21:30:00Z While shyness stems more from fear of social judgment and self-consciousness, introversion is a true preference for the quieter, contemplative environment. Introverts of the world, rise up! 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Buddy, 24, both sings and raps — he’s strongest when he inflects his singing with some of the shape of his rapping — and on most of this album, he is a contemplative, empathetic narrator. YG and Buddy, Los Angeles Hip-Hop Two Ways 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z If a pensive slow movement from a Haydn symphony were to put a listener in a contemplative spiritual state, Haydn would be pleased, even if that was not his specific intention. White Light: Is It Driven by the Soul or by Sales? 2010-11-22T22:47:00Z But few classics for young readers are as entirely philosophical and contemplative, as engineered to instruct, as Genzaburo Yoshino’s “How Do You Live?” The First English Translation of Hayao Miyazaki’s Favorite Childhood Book 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z These very formal compositions juxtapose a human sign of a journey through contemplative consciousness — Kira's dam-sitter is titled "The Thinker" — with environmental intervals of empty space. See how Japanese American photography from 1920-1940 is still 'Making Waves' 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z I’m not talking about the darkness of a funny show with a contemplative grey streak, but night-sky black with decidedly fewer obvious punchlines. "BoJack Horseman": Can this dark horse find light at the end of the race? 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z “America’s Jewish Women” is a thoughtful history of a group of diverse, passionate, contemplative, vocal and dynamic women, and is a welcome addition to the American historical canon. A History of American Jewish Women Shows How the Country Influenced Them, and Vice Versa 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z “Oh Man” seems like a weird turn away from the sunniness of La Luz into a dark, contemplative sound — in fact, a dark, contemplative tradition — based in alternative guitar tunings. Review: Shana Cleveland & the Sandcastles Demonstrate a Low-Flame Curiosity 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Bach’s original is the first contemplative variation in the series, at once sad and innocent. A Jazz Pianist Flips Bach Upside-Down 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Certainly, you sense that Jones himself is more than ready to move on: he's more contemplative than one might expect, and there is a faint sadness to him too. Tom Jones: 'Spiritual songs are natural to me' 2010-07-01T20:30:00Z Overall, I find Finns to be pretty quiet and contemplative. Helsinki holds its own among Nordic capitals 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Stylistically, she’s a proponent of the kind of contemporary pieces that merge the drama and polish of modern dance with spastic postmodern gestures, switching regularly from contemplative to urgent. Dance Listings for May 8-14 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The spacious calm of his softly contemplative long notes, the effortless fluency with which he rode the cusp between jazz and classical styles: these opened up important areas of American music. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Season Gala, With Robbins and Balanchine 2013-05-09T21:10:33Z The world crushes people who are contemplative and artistic. Where is my true path in life? 2012-11-09T01:00:00Z And often, Mr. Cole raps with a forceful tone at odds with his contemplative subject matter. Review: The Only Big Name Here Is Still J. Cole’s 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Feel free to engage your father about his feelings — preferably one-on-one and when the moment is suitably contemplative. ‘I Wish I Was One of Your Mother’s Old Boyfriends.’ Oh Boy. 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z As with all of Reichardt’s movies, this one obeys its own rhythms and rhymes, treating viewers not just to an engaging yarn, but to something more contemplative and poetic. Perspective | Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z But seriously, folks — enduring comedians like Black are, at heart, contemplative — he has a reason: “What keeps me going is I’m still learning.” Grammy nominee Lewis Black ‘still learning’ the comedy craft 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z But beneath the comedy, the series quickly goes into more contemplative territory, exploring issues of faith and doubt and the isolation of people in positions of power. In HBO’s ‘The Young Pope,’ the Vatican Gets an Eccentric New Resident 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z This is not necessarily to fault Ms. Kusama’s art for becoming more contemplative and isolating in her later years. Kusama Arrives. Is It Worth Your Time to Wait in Line? 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z It's tempting to see the isolation of "the man" in the poem as the chosen solitude of a contemplative. Poem of the week: The Man by Maitreyabandhu 2013-07-01T10:29:17Z To get into the proper contemplative frame of mind, you would need to spend a month walking the Camino de Santiago across Spain, the same journey — a famous Catholic pilgrimage — that its principal subject takes. In ‘Strangers on the Earth,’ a Cellist Walks an Ancient Road, Instrument in Tow 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z It was a beautiful, contemplative space, and for the next half hour, I sat there in blissful solitude, happily waiting for the next show to begin. On the Runway Blog: In London, More to See Than Just Clothes 2012-02-21T17:15:20Z Many return to a single topic: technology-driven modernity and how it frazzles the contemplative mind. Review: Revisiting Saul Bellow’s Words, on Society, Chicago and Other Writers 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z It’s closer to synchronized swimming or fight choreography than to its more contemplative theatrical cousins, revealing almost nothing about the human condition. “The Play That Goes Wrong” Is Quite Good 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s the noise that transforms the contemplative silence—that raises it from a mere absence of talk or lack of sound to a positive and exalted state of imagination. Frederick Wiseman’s Relentless Museum Talk 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Yet even at the peak, a vocation to a contemplative order was pretty rare. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z How large an audience is there in 2012 for this kind of defiantly contemplative experience? Pick of the week: A dazzling world tour of birth and death 2012-08-24T01:00:00Z The resulting mood of the photo was “quiet, a little pensive, sort of contemplative.” See Why Benedict Cumberbatch Is So Photogenic 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z “Time is an enormous and important resource,” explains the contemplative frontman, whose band plays the Neptune Theatre on Friday, Sept. 15. Ivan & Alyosha get back to where they started, with new album in works 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z But even the most committed individual faculty members will not be able to single-handedly erase the impression that the university’s broader culture may not be conducive to a contemplative liberal arts program. After another student defection from its MFA program, what's the future of USC's Roski art school? 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z It is a stormy and contemplative work about the legacy of colonialism but also the larger possibility of leaving old and broken things behind. Review | Phillips Collection is turning 100 and showing what future of classic museums can be 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Pacifico’s third novel, “The Women I Love,” finds the writer in a more contemplative, even melancholy mood. A Novel Asks: How Should a Man Write About Women? 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The group relies on contemplative song writing, forgoing Hüsker’s brashness for strategic poignant musical boldness. Sugar's Copper Blue Reissued: 20th Anniversary of Bob Mould's Groundbreaking Album 2012-07-24T14:00:09Z There are slow, contemplative songs and the mood is far more vulnerable than on any of the band's previous five albums. Heavy new QOTSA album looks at life after death 2013-06-03T15:25:08Z From both Handel and Bach, Tippett adopted a template of narrative recitative, contemplative arias, descriptive choruses and — specific to Bach’s Passions — familiar chorales. Into The Music: Michael Tippett?s ?Child of Our Time? Fits With Winter 2012-01-29T04:39:18Z Discussing this period, Bell’s smile drooped, and he turned contemplative. Kool & the Gang Get the Dance Floor Moving. Have They Gotten Their Due? 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Ohlsson brought a nobility and tenderness to his interpretation, beautifully juxtaposing the contemplative characteristics with outbursts of raw emotion. Music Review: Garrick Ohlsson Summons Stamina at Carnegie Hall 2014-02-12T22:56:52Z More like a prayer closet than a reading room, Paterson describes the Silent Room as a “contemplative space.” This Library Has New Books by Major Authors, but They Can’t Be Read Until 2114 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z After dismissing the obvious answer—that he was trying to make a case for the contemplative life—he answered the question with another question. Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z But, in France, Crémer will always be identified with Maigret, through whom he was able to express so much of his own reticent and contemplative personality. Bruno Cr?mer obituary 2010-08-25T17:23:00Z Every episode began with the show’s contemplative theme and a prerecorded prison-call greeting, and we reflected, sadly, about the fate of a thirty-two-year-old man serving a life sentence, who may have been wrongfully convicted. What “Serial” Really Taught Us 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Two plays that are currently running in Manhattan — both dealing with the aftermath of the attacks — make compelling, contemplative drama out of not knowing what to say when the impulse is still to keep talking. Critic?s Notebook: Richard Nelson and Jonas Hassen Khemiri?s Takes on 9/11 2011-09-21T22:01:28Z Sometimes almost wilfully contemplative, its motifs are repetitive and its dark grip unfaltering. The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud – review 2013-05-17T09:00:02Z Ms. Shyu’s vocal solidity — whether tender and contemplative, or more overtly theatrical — is what made the set cohere. Review: Resonant Bodies Festival Gives Voices Room to Breathe 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The album’s second half emphasizes ambience and texture, making for songs that are slow, contemplative and nourishing. Playlist: Naughty Revenge, Just Plain Naughty and Not Plain at All 2013-06-28T19:56:07Z It's an interesting distinction, and granted there is a fine line between the two, with a similarly contemplative, crepuscular ambience conjured, but the rhythms are less twitchy, more regular than Blake's. New band of the day – Sohn (No 1,401) 2012-11-22T12:57:31Z He likes brash fields of finely textured noise, as well as contemplative pieces generously dotted with silence. Review: New Works Designed With a Daring Trumpeter in Mind 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z When he first started out, he wrote pop songs with contemplative lyrics about broken marriages. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z “The emotional current of these works, reflective of their specific time and context, runs from exuberant to contemplative, fierce to soaring.” What to see this week: Works by LGBTQ ceramicists and a visual time capsule of quarantine life 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z But Lattimore handles her harp like a solo guitarist, improvising around contemplative melodies with the help of pedals that warp her crystalline tone and seem to bend time. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z And yet what sounds like George Romero with a bottle of peroxide is surprisingly sensitive and contemplative. The world has a really bad hair day in ‘The Blondes’ 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z “So far, the quotes are rather tame and contemplative,” one user complained. Outing Death 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z This is the proverbial contemplative drink for sipping in front of the fire. Port’s Dilemma: ‘Before Dinner Is Too Early; After Too Late’ 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z You can see bright sparks, though, of the mature dramatist in the making, as well as flashes of the trenchant wit and contemplative melancholy that would become his signature. Review: The Ages of A.R. Gurney in the Wistful ‘Final Follies’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Those who advocate a more traditional, contemplative museum sound outmoded, élitist, and narrow-minded—precisely the attitude that museums are running from. Nice Museum. Where’s the Art? 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Pity, because she might have found relief in Mr. Griesgraber’s contemplative reveries. Music Review: New Kids: One Behaved, One, Eh 2011-05-27T20:51:08Z It's an absorbing, contemplative film that compels us to participate rather than just sit back and look. N?nette ? review 2011-02-06T00:05:52Z This is not to say the novel is derivative; it is contemplative, poetic certainly, but the narrative is urgent and concise and Gaige's storytelling effortlessly spontaneous. Schroder by Amity Gaige – review 2013-03-29T17:19:01Z AUSTIN, Texas — At turns frenetic, contemplative and whimsical, Fiona Apple made her return to the stage Wednesday at the South By Southwest Music Conference and Festival. Fiona Apple makes return to spotlight at SXSW 2012-03-15T06:21:08Z Though some songs course with intensity and break into frenetic passages, the music over all has a contemplative quality. A Dazzling Chinese Singer’s Riveting Song Cycle 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z His playing gradually became more serene and contemplative, and the flute became his principal instrument. Paul Horn, a Founding Father of New Age Music, Dies at 84 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “Their first child was the contemplative care center.” For This Couple, It’s Death Till They Part 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Emily Rales anticipates that Glenstone will accommodate about 400 people a day without compromising the contemplative sense of escape from the world that is fundamental to the founders’ vision. Perspective | This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z But Cannes is especially regarded for recognizing controversial smaller pictures, such as last year's winner from Thailand, the droll, contemplative "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives." A look ahead at Cannes 2011 and what it means in Chicago 2011-04-14T15:52:00Z The results take his work in an exhilarating and surprisingly contemplative new direction, if also a logical one for an artist who has always treated his subjects as collaborators. Ryan McGinley’s Introspective Collection of His Friends’ Self-Portraits 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The genius of Williams’s take on the Gershwins’ “It Ain’t Necessarily So” lies in both the context of this recording as well as its rich, ambling and contemplative content. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z This is a calmer, less controversial affair, though equally contemplative, it seems to me, still questioning why people make certain life choices. Trailer Trash 2013-06-15T23:05:33Z At the same time, she's not afraid to steer into overtly smart-aleck territory, dropping references to Dawkins and Einstein, and frequently abandoning the pursuit of easy laughs to offer more sensitive and contemplative material. This week's new comedy 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Seventeen years ago, Bowie was already confronting his lost youth in the video for “Thursday’s Child” off of 1999’s Hours… The video is melancholy and contemplative, much like the perhaps under-appreciated song. The 10 Best David Bowie Music Videos 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z At the Danish Pavilion nearby, a contemplative exhibition that explores free speech issues is periodically disturbed by the rumbles. Venice Biennale explores artistic freedom 2011-06-01T16:56:11Z Through Wright, who pours a boundless pathos and contemplative tension into his portrayal, we sense Louis’ stoic anguish over his past mistakes and what lies in store for him. What "O.G." star Jeffrey Wright learned from the real inmate actors in his new HBO film 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z “Severance” was about the life not lived, while “New Business” was a contemplative look at the women in Don’s life. 'Mad Men' recap: The vision thing 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Nothing much happens yet people come and stay for hours in a contemplative state. Surrender. It's Brian Eno 2010-04-28T20:35:00Z Now, he sees existence as a whole, as if from the somewhat fearsome contemplative distance of someone with one foot already outside it and in the next world. The Existential Genius of Late Woody Allen 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Wubbels fuses the contemplative, obsessive space of early American Minimalism and the vibrant complexity of the post-World War II European avant-garde; transitions clearly indebted to legacies of jazz-informed improvisation act as soldering material. A Musician’s Turn to Improvisation Bears Fruit 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Kranz offsets these uncomfortable moments with contemplative shots of the church, windows, and rooms. The heartrending "Mass" is a somber and intimate look at the survivors of a horrific crime 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z In notable contrast to the revivalist meeting atmosphere provoked by his quartet's live appearances, these albums offered another Brubeck: introspective, wistful, contemplative, with an occasional trace of melancholy. The best of Dave Brubeck – in video clips 2012-12-06T11:38:57Z But once the fonts are unleashed in the public arena, the more contemplative approach is no longer relevant. So, subsequently, traditional type lovers became perturbed. The Fuse box 2012-06-13T00:00:00Z Like his previous work — “Collection of Porcelain” and the “Gone Blind” EP are his best — he made moving updates of shoegaze pop, the spacier side of new wave, contemplative indie rock. Music Review: Mauro Remiddi?s Porcelain Raft at Mercury Lounge - Review 2011-09-26T22:05:20Z Synthetica is a contemplative record that acknowledges something is broken, but doesn't know how to fix it. Metric: the band putting angst on the agenda 2012-06-25T16:59:01Z These are contemplative people, and they were sincere in their devotion once. ‘The Unbelieving’ Review: Life After Faith 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z But for the most part Ford was forthcoming, relaxed and contemplative. Harrison Ford Loves His Craft. ‘1923’ Tested His Limits. 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z When snowed in, I look for music that has a contemplative mood and a lot of atmosphere. Snow jams by Renton producer 10.4 Rog 2010-11-23T21:57:00Z Talking about The Paris Review turns him from high-energy to contemplative. Lorin Stein, the Paris Review?s New Party Boy 2011-02-25T19:58:16Z Bettany delivered that line with all the contemplative gentleness it deserved and in a calm setting free of threats or even loud noises. "WandaVision" concludes by giving Martin Scorsese the MCU film he always wanted 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z This was partly because his work was basically contemplative in spirit, and partly because — during a period defined by movements like Pop, Op and Minimalism — he fit no ready category. Ellsworth Kelly, an Artist Who Mixed Abstract With Simplicity, Dies at 92 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z His images capture the contemplative yet patriotic mood of Blanco's verse, which highlights the tensions and the promise of the present moment. Picture books offer diversity, a chance for reading aloud and rich discussion 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z I found him newly contemplative, rueful and somewhat less of a hot dog than before, at least for this one episode, but he still needs to work on impulse control. 'The Americans' Recap: Mother Russia and Her Children 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Bicycling is not, as some people seem to believe, an especially contemplative enterprise. In Transit Blog: Just Me and My Shadow, Pedaling Toward Chicago 2011-09-09T15:53:53Z Unifying this elliptical canvas is the sense of a contemplative search, which can also mean an escape from an altered homeland, perhaps to dull what feels lost. ‘Faya Dayi’ Review: A Dream State 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Guests are asked not to talk to monks, who seek to maintain a condition of contemplative solitude as far as possible. Guesthouses of the Holy 2010-04-29T14:25:00Z She grows more talkative, while he becomes more contemplative, staring hard into the fryer, eyes on some unknown horizon. Michael Holden's All ears 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z This is the eighth season, and the fact that it’s the final one gave the event a contemplative feel of a high school graduation. Scene City: Dudes? Night Out 2011-07-20T21:56:38Z It says a lot about Yanagihara's talents that this deeply contemplative, psychological, tortured material is as compelling as the plot-heavy story of Jude's past. 'A Little Life' a darkly beautiful tale of love and friendship 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z She speaks quickly and gives long, looping, contemplative answers. Sarah Paulson: ‘If I’m terrified, I feel compelled to do it’ 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The tumult palpable in Namkung's contemplative vistas may be rooted in his personal history. Adams, Namkung: nature at Woodside/Braseth 2011-09-29T20:05:03Z If the aim was to create a contemplative mood, the music had the reverse effect on me: I kept getting impatient, wondering when some shift or turn might be coming. Review: The Quietly Cosmic Sound of Desert Stillness 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z His most contemplative moment came on “Most Kingz,” which he began a cappella. Music Review: Jay-Z Headlines a Concert at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-08T17:43:12Z And for that reason it never failed to be contemplative. What the 9/11 museum could learn from two Latin American memorials 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z At the close of one year and the beginning of the next, the turning of the tables, I always find myself feeling especially contemplative. How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship 2010-12-26T00:05:09Z “This Hymn” is a reminder of how Coltrane’s music and theology of transformation and liberation were rooted in the emotive, ecstatic and contemplative sounds of Black Baptist and Pentecostal churches. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Stewart said of himself and Carell, two comics finding themselves promoting their contemplative movies at one of cinema's most prestigious festivals. Is Jon Stewart's 'Rosewater' headed for bigger things? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z His songs are quiet and contemplative, laments for everything he wanted but just couldn’t keep. The Ten Best Albums of 2018 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Late at night after a full 15-hour day shooting, Leigh Whannell is sitting in a plastic folding chair in the car park of Sydney’s Fox Studios looking contemplatively at sound stage two. Leigh Whannell on reinventing The Invisible Man: 'I want to change people's perceptions' 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z He injected a contemplative aura into the grueling, and contradictory, desert isolation actually endured by the saint. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Her constant activity might be contemplative, but it is also very boring. Back in business at the Liverpool Biennial 2010-09-20T20:30:00Z But the composer James Holt heard within the piece a strangely contemplative choral work. Sprawling Across New York, a Solstice Music Marathon 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Its atmosphere is comparatively down-to-earth — there’s no red carpet at the opera house — but also, by design, the programming is more contemplative than star-struck. In Europe, Opera Takes On Our Time 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z It was a contemplative moment from Mr. Jones, who on Oct. Tracing the Path of AIDS Through the Dance World 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Will Dean M Craft Girls on Bicycles A founding member of Sidewinder, as well as Jarvis Cocker's sometime guitarist, M Craft's solo material is softer and more contemplative. F&M playlist 2010-04-08T21:35:00Z Weilerstein’s unconventional means yielded a conventional arc, with a gradual start, fiery middle and contemplative end. Review: ‘Fragments’ Proposes a New Kind of Cello Recital 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z As she speaks of profound spiritual and religious matters, I pined for a more poetic and contemplative style, something along the order of Marilynne Robinson or Christian Wiman. Review | After her son and husband died, Elaine Pagels wondered why religion survives 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z The rest of the evening was devoted to two-thirds of Respighi’s wonderfully splashy and contemplative Roman trilogy — “The Fountains of Rome” and “The Pines of Rome.” Hold the light sabers: This is John Williams off the big screen but still substantial at the Bowl 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z That leaked sequence of songs contained a more contemplative read on several of these new numbers, in lieu of the nostalgia-baiting rock crunch on the official product. Album Review: Courtney Love's 'Nobody's Daughter' 2010-04-23T15:04:00Z Ted Danson sure seems to be having a blast on “The Good Place”: He swings wildly from depraved mastermind to dunce to contemplative egghead with nuance and panache. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ and ‘The Good Place’ 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The film channels a hundred artifacts of pop culture — antediluvian video games like Space Invaders and Tom Cruise’s orchestra-conductor gestures at a computer screen from MInority Report — but in a contemplative, almost dreamy fashion. Ender’s Game: Is This Boy ‘The One’? 2013-11-01T23:16:53Z This was welcome news for those already inclined to watch a contemplative movie about two men and a cow in the 1820s, in which one of the most dramatic scenes involves stealing milk. This Year Was a Disaster. We Hope the Sequel Is Better. 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Morandi's still lifes and landscapes concentrate on simple visual facts, which he examines in silent, contemplative calm. Kate Middleton's first portrait and the View from the Shard – the week in art 2013-01-11T12:29:00Z After this baptismal swim, he emerged in a different, more contemplative frame of mind. Refuge and Renewal on Lake George 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z This traveling series takes its name from both the spaces where it hosts its concerts — churches — and what it presents: “modern contemplative and devotional music,” according to its Facebook-stated mission. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z In person, he comes off as more quietly contemplative, a bit thin-skinned and very smart. Critic’s Notebook: Chris Hardwick of Nerdist Industries 2012-08-20T22:05:41Z After that scarcely watchable episode, this more contemplative one was a blessed relief. The Walking Dead: season seven, episode two – The Well 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s not only possible for a contemplative magazine to live side-by-side with a scrappy digital news organization, she says, it’s an absolute necessity. National Geographic explores new frontiers with Gary Knell at the helm Wales is the spiritual home of the composer Adrian Williams, and the contemplative, questioning vein that its landscape has permitted him to articulate was reflected in his Cello Concerto, premiered here by Raphael Wallfisch. Bangor New Music festival | Classical review 2010-03-29T21:00:00Z In just one speech Hamlet compares his father to the titan Hyperion, his uncle to a satyr and his mother to weeping Niobe, while contrasting his waffling, contemplative self with the forceful Hercules. Review | Who art thou, Shakespeare? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film “mixes dread and suspense with contemplative, almost pastoral moods,” A. O. Scott wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Broad City’ and ‘I Feel Pretty’ 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The weakness is that, as often with the hastily erected Serpentine pavilions, it's sketchily realised, without the sharpness of detail or thought that would make this the contemplative, resonant place that it ought to be. Heatherwick Studio; Serpentine Gallery Pavilion – review 2012-06-02T23:05:42Z While Cooper MacKenzie depicts hostile nature in paintings of a sinkhole and a tornado, the vibe turns cosmic and perhaps contemplative in his striking “Enso Triptych,” with star-like spatter on space-black backdrops. In the galleries: Anything but simplicity in these drawings 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z "It is so delicate and contemplative," she said. Tate Britain makes room for William Blake art found in railway timetable 2010-08-12T06:00:00Z His subsequent movies hinted at a more contemplative sensibility that would emerge in his later work. Gary Winick obituary 2011-03-02T18:43:08Z A bittersweet, contemplative melancholy pervades the score, which moves almost continually at a calm pace. music: Passion, Not Hyperbole, in Frank Martin?s ?Golgotha? 2010-07-16T23:38:00Z It’s more contemplative than anything Big Boi’s ever done, all while still touting a powerhouse hook and spacy groove. Big Boi’s Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors Is Visionary Hip-Hop 2012-12-12T18:30:17Z In “Dream Dream Away,” it takes nearly three minutes of contemplative, slowly strummed guitar and abstract reverberation before Mr. McNew muses, in choirlike vocal harmonies, “Why cry? Why try? It’s all the same.” Music Is a Sanctuary From Chaos on Yo La Tengo’s ‘There’s a Riot Going On’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “In Brazil, this would become more of a party environment than a contemplative one,” she said. Glacier National Park, Through Foreign Eyes 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z It’s one of the more contemplative moments in “Simple as Water,” bridging together Mylan’s ruminations on parenthood with the uncertainty of a nation’s future. ‘Simple as Water’ Review: Family Ties That Span the Globe 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The teacher wanted the student to slow down, to become more contemplative. Review: Harry Crews’s Sense of Menace in Writing and in Life 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Mike writes: But I’m not minding the contemplative slow build when it’s done as well as this ... ‘The Americans,’ Season 5, Episode 8: The Humanization of Elizabeth 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Each corridor is lighted differently; each is peopled by a seemingly endless stream of lone walking dancers, all in the same contemplative gait with downcast eyes. Mark Morris’s Transcendent ‘Il Allegro,’ Captured on Film for PBS 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z He’s rapping crisply atop them, contemplative but not preachy. Meek Mill Is Loudly Reflective on His Second Album, ‘Dreams Worth More Than Money’ 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Here, the wordy, contemplative “To the Moon and Back” gets the best of him — Mr. Bryan is a mover and a feeler, not a thinker. With ‘Kill the Lights,’ Luke Bryan Downshifts a Country Party 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z It’s that the show, which is now being produced by Spotify, thrives as an achievement of contemplative audio. Five Great Podcasts From 2018 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Ai's field of sunflower seeds is both contemplative and barbed. Tate Modern's sunflower seeds: the world in the palm of your hand 2010-10-11T13:08:00Z It also took a lot of time for Mr. Estes to construct it in paint, and his manifestly slow, patient and careful process of doing so may be vicariously calming for the contemplative viewer. Review: ‘Richard Estes: Painting New York City’ Features Works in Abstract Realism 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Yogis are also delving deeper into contemplative practices. Noted: Yoga Classes Reach for the Extremes 2012-07-20T21:53:05Z With gardens inspired by various global regions, the 83-acre Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanic Garden is great for contemplative strolls. Gowns, Puppets and Sharks: 8 Cultural Sights to See This Winter 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z That contemplative spirit may feed into his new work, “Elsewhere,” which will be performed at the expansive Martha Graham Studio Theater. Dance Listings for March 14-20 2014-03-13T22:54:32Z Today, Jones’s voice is soft and quiet, the actor’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease necessitating deep, contemplative breaths between sentences. James Earl Jones: A voice for the ages, aging gracefully Ms. Celis noted that the Freud was less erotic than the Modigliani, “almost contemplative” by comparison. With $170.4 Million Sale at Auction, Modigliani Work Joins Rarefied Nine-Figure Club 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s contemplative, and deeper into gospel in and of itself. New Music: Releases From Velvet Underground, Eric Reed and Volcán 2013-12-16T23:33:13Z A palpable sense of regret only peeks through the new album in flashes, as on the contemplative “Temptation.” The Happy-Sad Hooks of YNW Melly’s “We All Shine” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Recorded in a home studio while Mr. Jarrett was convalescing from chronic fatigue syndrome, it’s a dry, contemplative album, a plate of standards austerely and lovingly served. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z This causes her destruction, sanctified with a contemplative yet stunned choral number. Review: The English Concert Brings a Marvelous ‘Semele’ 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z In addition to the performances, “Pina” includes interviews with dancers, their words dubbed over their silent, contemplative faces. | 'Pina': ?Pina,? a Documentary by Wim Wenders - Review 2011-12-22T23:24:54Z You could call it contemplative and formal, or slow and static; you could also speculate about whether it’s an aesthetic or a budgetary choice. Japan Cuts Features Melancholy Films at Japan Society 2013-07-13T00:01:00Z “All of her versions operated at this level of contemplative depth,” he said. Carin Goldberg, Who Transformed Book and Album Cover Design, Dies at 69 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z I wanted to cloak it not in the specter of death — the grim reaper, this thing that is feared and that is doomed — but in more of the contemplative version. | Colin Stetson feat. Justin Vernon 2013-06-21T13:02:03Z It was easy to get caught up in the exotica of "Kung Fu Panda," the pleasing, almost contemplative look of landscape and architecture, the juxtaposition of village and nature. 'Kung Fu Panda 2': Hyperflexed 3-D takes kick out of sequel 2011-05-24T20:04:05Z Our late afternoon walks were more contemplative and less giddy than they once were, taking on a tone of urgency as I pushed her along the paths. My Oma’s apple pancakes — and why they never taste the same without her 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z There is no way to comprehend it completely, in a moment of contemplative or mystical bliss. The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Its comparatively clean vocals and terse riffs exasperated some longtime fans, but even they were hard pressed to argue with the title track, a fierce yet contemplative assault of rock authority. Pop & Rock Listings for May 15-21 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Behold, Seagal in contemplative pose, as he inspects traditional musical instruments, that widow’s peak easily as convincing as his performance in any number of movies from his direct-to-video era. Has Steven Seagal proved you can be a Buddhist and a mascot for the arms trade? 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The pieces in the new exhibition are meant to invite a quieter, more contemplative experience, Ms. Greenwald said. 9/11 Museum to Open Its First Art Exhibition in September 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z With 250 brands of rum and counting, Rumba argues that rum should be as revered as whiskey, worthy of moments of contemplative drinking. Humble rum scales new heights at Rumba 2012-12-26T20:37:55Z If Emmy were truly looking toward other horizons the much quieter, contemplative Apple TV+ series "Pachinko" would have been in contention as well. Emmy nominations: The Good, the Bad, and the "Squid Game" of it all 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z They are “likable,” and speak in a confident, balanced, often contemplative or retrospective voice. “Obviously, we all die”: On rejecting the cult of positivity and embracing the joy of darkness 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z We watch these sons — the twins in particular — grow into contemplative young men, who, by the way, seem to really like ironing. ‘Time’ Review: What We Really Mean When We Say Mass Incarceration 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z But what this quiet, contemplative film seems to be suggesting is that we are all forgeries and that we dramatise our lives for the benefit of ourselves and those around us. Cannes film festival diary: Certified Copies and Biutiful discoveries 2010-05-18T14:09:00Z Maybe too long, especially the first act, with its many contemplative arias. Music Review: ?The Enchanted Island? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-01T22:56:22Z Sometimes described as a "spiritual" poet, she belongs to the contemplative tradition, and she is scholarly and deft in handling religious subject-matter. Poem of the week: Puppet by Gillian Allnutt 2012-11-19T10:39:07Z “Micmacs” finds Mr. Jeunet, still best known in this country for “Amélie,” in a contemplative mood, his impish sensibility shadowed by melancholy and anger at the violent state of the world. | 'Micmacs': In Jean-Pierre Jeunet?s Work, Misfits Battle Arms Manufacturers 2010-05-27T22:46:00Z On the opening morning, June 11th, she turned the gallery into a contemplative environment, asking some visitors to stand on a platform with eyes closed, and gently leading others to face the wall. Busy doing nothing 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Now gazing out, over majestic panoramas, contemplative, thinking big thoughts, thoughts with lots of zeros after them. The Wonders of Life 2013-01-28T06:59:01Z The surrounding quarter, anchored by the shaggy marble facades of the Arch of Janus, is ideal for contemplative strolling. Rome, Sacred Ground for Nearly 3,000 Years, and Counting 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Clinch had 12 minutes to capture the image of a contemplative performer, alone. Perspective | Nicki Minaj and a stack of pancakes? These rare images capture another side to hip-hop. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z In this respect Turner's serenity is tempered but with a kind of contemplative acceptance some could mistake for sadness. HBO's celebratory Tina Turner doc gives her the final word on the woman behind the iconic name 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z She remembered being impressed with Wainaina’s more serious and contemplative side. A Provocative Satirist Left a Pervasive Legacy, Influencing African Writing 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z I really need to retreat a bit and get into a more contemplative mindset. Alison Bechdel on Fun Home, Her New Book and That Famous Test 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Although only 11 minutes, it’s a substantial piece in three contrasting movements exploring techniques and moods as diverse as thickets of interlocking parts and contemplative spaces. Recording reviews: a Glass harpist, arias for Farinelli 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z As an artistic work, it’s fine, a subtle and contemplative pop album from a band not known to be any of those things. Review | Linkin Park abandons its signature sound and the result is unrecognizable 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z But our Walt is not so easily going to slip into a contemplative mood. Breaking Bad Watch: The Iceman Cometh 2013-09-23T04:26:21Z Stopping and starting, to a recording of Michael Wall’s contemplative “Beginning,” she stared out with wondering eyes, like an alien life trying on human emotions. Dance Review: When Crowd Has Power of the Purse 2010-11-21T23:04:00Z Renowned wines can be astounding, complex and contemplative. In Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, the Gifts of Simplicity 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z It’s careful, contemplative, repetitive music, elegantly designed, full of open space and dire as anything. Playlist : Melissa Aldana, Raime and Others With New Music 2012-12-23T08:30:06Z The contemplative song “Pace,” which opens her new album, is a personal reminder to not feel so overwhelmed. Nubya Garcia, Tapping Into the Past to Make Jazz for a New Generation 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z This year’s crop of excellent new wine books was particularly contemplative. The Best Wine Books of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z |
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