contemplative
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After the energy of the five opening songs, we hear the resonant toll of The Sacred Bell of King Seongdeok - one of Korea's national treasures - and BTS slip into a more contemplative mode.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Edgar Calel’s dimly lighted installation, in which stones and plant matter dangle over vessels that hold flickering, electronic flames, transports us to a contemplative gnostic ritual.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
John Kelly and Andrew Freedman’s light, contemplative film reads as a hopeful look at retirement and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Create a little annex of contemplative delight in the living room — somewhere to land with a drink and a snack and not feel adrift.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025
Perhaps, having begun this more modest, contemplative life, she considered destroying the messy pile of sketches.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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