A sculpture garden and welcoming circle (a meditation chamber with piped-in music) invite contemplation.

Last year our reviewer, William Langewiesche, found this "a smart and engaging work that invites contemplation of an unexpected subject."

The brown defines a pool and invites contemplation.

These objects do not invite quiet or whimsical contemplation.

Mr. Shulan said pictures were chosen that would invite contemplation and "suggest the emotions and the human stories behind them."

It also invites contemplation (also old-fashioned) by the individual, although not under these overstimulating conditions.

This was a smooth, elegantly shaped object that invited languorous contemplation, but it did not tease his libido.

The Johns is an unusual kind of public art: it dominates through reticence and self-containment, inviting private contemplation.

Beach roses bloom nearby, and benches invite contemplation.

Indeed, rather than making overt visual statements, his meditatively titled paintings invite contemplation.