Contemplation Seats
The human mind and body are amazing entities. One is clearly physical, yet the other, consciousness, is not so easily understood. Together they are ‘the machinery of perception'. Human psychological internal and external experiences are largely interpreted via the external senses and signals through and into internal feelings and emotions.
These artworks are short contemplations, or ‘things to think about’; they can be individually used whilst waiting for a train, or travelled as a complete narrative during your journey.
Please enjoy taking the time to contemplate.
- Sally Annett
Eastbound Stations
Aspley Guise East, Bedford East, Bedford St Johns East, Bletchley East, Bow Brickhill East, Fenny Stratford East, Kempston Hardwick East, Lidlington East, Millbrook East, Ridgmont East, Stewartby East, Woburn Sands East.
Westbound Stations
Aspley Guise West, Bedford West, Bedford St Johns West, Bletchley West, Bow Brickhill West, Fenny Stratford West, Kempston Hardwick West, Lidlington West, Millbrook West, Ridgmont West, Stewartby West, Woburn Sands West.
Eastbound Stations
Aspley Guise East
The contemplative self, I, the driver, beauty, compassion, devotion. Passion, determination and hubris, pride, joy and laughter, identification, balance ~ wholeness.
The Contemplation
The contemplative self
I
The driver
Beauty
Compassion
Devotion
Passion, determination and hubris
Pride
Joy and laughter
Identification
Balance – wholeness
Questions
- What do you find beautiful?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Bedford East
The body, matter, the material, physical you, the fabric or stuff of life. The vehicle, the shell, the container, earth, air, fire and water ~ solid, liquid, gas and plasma, complexity.
The Contemplation
The body
Matter
The material, physical you
The fabric or stuff of life
The vehicle the shell the container
Earth, air, fire and water ~ solid, liquid, gas and plasma
Complexity
Questions
- How does your body feel today?
- Reflect upon your physical self, how it has changed over time, what it has gone through.
- Sit for a minute and feel the weight of your bones.
- The blood and water flowing through your circulatory and digestive systems.
- The air breathing in and out of your lungs.
- And the heat that your form is giving out.
- Sit with an awareness of these functions for a while.
Bedford St Johns East
Potential, the unknowable, the divine, root and seed, the magical, the spiritual, the unquantifiable, the invisible, unity.
The Contemplation
Potential
The unknowable
The divine
Root and seed
The magical
The spiritual
The unquantifiable
The invisible
Unity
Questions
- What was the most magical moment of your day yesterday?
- Contemplate this for a while in silence
Bletchley East
The body, matter, the material, physical you, the fabric or stuff of life. The vehicle, the shell, the container, earth, air, fire and water ~ solid, liquid, gas and plasma, complexity.
The Contemplation
The body
Matter
The material, physical you
The fabric or stuff of life
The vehicle the shell the container
Earth, air, fire and water- solid, liquid, gas and plasma
Complexity
Questions
- How does your body feel today?
- Reflect upon your physical self, how it has changed over time, what it has gone through.
- Sit for a minute and feel the weight of your bones.
- The blood and water flowing through your circulatory and digestive systems.
- The air breathing in and out of your lungs.
- And the heat that your form is giving out.
- Sit with an awareness of these functions for a while.
Bow Brickhill East
Data, responses, information, fact, theory, thinking, monitoring systems, language, splendour and glory, abstraction. Conceptualisation, internal representation, honesty and truth, the illusion of order.
The Contemplation
Data
Responses
Information
Fact, theory, thinking
Monitoring systems
Language
Splendour and glory
Abstraction ~ conceptualization
Internal representation
Honesty and truth
The illusion of order
Questions
- Your thought processes, information, data, problems and solutions are they too active?
- What are you thinking about today?
- What thoughts are you addicted too?
- Can you calm your thoughts?
- Sit for a while and observe your thoughts.
Fenny Stratford East
Personality, the functioning self, foundation and infrastructure, bi-directional interfaces, dreaming, intuition, images and patterns, reflections and mirrors. Security and independence, unity and translation.
The Contemplation
The ego
The personality [personalities]
The functioning self
Foundation and infrastructure
Bi-directional interface
Dreaming, intuition, images and patterns
Reflections and mirrors
Security and independence
Unity and translation
Questions
- The ego is the interface between your inner world and the external world and other people, it is how you present yourself to others, your style and performance. How do you present yourself to others today?
- Are you willful
- Willing
Or
- Willless today?
- Sit for a while and contemplate the ‘self’ you present to others today
Kempston Hardwick East
Revelation, understanding, inspiration, chaos, concept, freedom and lack of constraint. Unbiased energy, goodness and attainment, vastness.
The Contemplation
Revelation
Understanding
Inspiration
Chaos
Concept
Freedom and lack of constraint
Unbiased energy
Goodness and attainment
Vastness
Questions
- What inspires you most?
- What understanding of your life has been revealed through shock or surprise?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Lidlington East
Mercy, love, power and majesty, expansion, creative leadership, generosity, humility and duty.
The Contemplation
Mercy
Love
Power and majesty
Expansion
Creative leadership
Generosity
Humility and duty
Questions
- Do you have compassion for others?
- Do you have compassion for yourself?
- Do you love others?
- Do you love yourself?
- (or are you generous towards others/self?)
- Sit and contemplate these things for a while
Millbrook East
The unknown, inner knowledge, hidden knowledge, intuition and experience.
The Contemplation
The unknown
Inner knowledge
Hidden knowledge
Intuition and experience
Questions
- What do you not know?
- (What are you afraid of?)
- How can you gain knowledge or understanding of things you do not know about?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Ridgmont East
Strength, discrimination, control, judgment, law, power and justice, restraint and authority. Limitation, duty and obedience, courage.
The Contemplation
Strength
Discrimination
Control
Judgment
Law, power and justice
Restraint and authority
Limitation
Duty and obedience
Courage
Questions
- What are your strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
- Are you truthful with yourself about them?
- Do you act on those truths?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Stewartby East
Understanding, form, reason, information, structure, containment, (sorrow) design. Creation and restriction ~ cause and effect, wisdom.
The Contemplation
Understanding
Form
Reason
Information
Structure
Containment
Sorrow
Design
Creation and restriction ~ cause and effect
Questions
- Imagine the perfect structure of your life, how does it look?
- How would you build the pieces of it?
- What have you learned from the experiences, which have made you unhappy?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Woburn Sands East
Emotions, desires, cycles, patterns, practice, operating systems, habits, behaviour, victory and endurance. Selflessness, textures, smells, tastes, sounds and colours ~ the senses.
The Contemplation
Emotions
Desires
Cycles
Patterns
Practice
Operating systems
Habits
Behaviour
Victory and endurance
Selflessness
Textures, smells, tastes, sounds and colours ~ the senses
Questions
- How are you feeling (emotionally)?
- Creatively?
- Are you feeling excited, active or calm?
- What are your desires?
- Sit and contemplate your desires without becoming carried away by them or acting on them.
Westbound Stations
Aspley Guise West
The unknown, inner knowledge, hidden knowledge, intuition and experience.
The Contemplation
The unknown
Inner knowledge
Hidden knowledge
Intuition and experience
Questions
- What do you not know?
- (What are you afraid of?)
- How can you gain knowledge or understanding of things you do not know about?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Bedford West
The body, matter, the material, physical you, the fabric or stuff of life. The vehicle, the shell, the container, earth, air, fire and water ~ solid, liquid, gas and plasma, complexity.
The Contemplation
The body
Matter
The material, physical you
The fabric or stuff of life
The vehicle the shell the container
Earth, air, fire and water ~ solid, liquid, gas and plasma
Complexity
Questions
- How does your body feel today?
- Reflect upon your physical self, how it has changed over time, what it has gone through.
- Sit for a minute and feel the weight of your bones.
- The blood and water flowing through your circulatory and digestive systems.
- The air breathing in and out of your lungs.
- And the heat that your form is giving out.
- Sit with an awareness of these functions for a while.
Bedford St Johns West
Personality, the functioning self, foundation and infrastructure, bi-directional interfaces, dreaming, intuition, images and patterns, reflections and mirrors. Security and independence, unity and translation.
The Contemplation
The ego
The personality [personalities]
The functioning self
Foundation and infrastructure
Bi-directional interface
Dreaming, intuition, images and patterns
Reflections and mirrors
Security and independence
Unity and translation
Questions
- The ego is the interface between your inner world and the external world and other people, it is how you present yourself to others, your style and performance. How do you present yourself to others today?
- Are you willful
- Willing
Or
- Willless today?
- Sit for a while and contemplate the ‘self’ you present to others
today
Bletchley West
The body, matter, the material, physical you, the fabric or stuff of life. The vehicle, the shell, the container, earth, air, fire and water ~ solid, liquid, gas and plasma, complexity.
The Contemplation
The body
Matter
The material, physical you
The fabric or stuff of life
The vehicle the shell the container
Earth, air, fire and water- solid, liquid, gas and plasma
Complexity
Questions
- How does your body feel today?
- Reflect upon your physical self, how it has changed over time, what it has gone through.
- Sit for a minute and feel the weight of your bones.
- The blood and water flowing through your circulatory and digestive systems.
- The air breathing in and out of your lungs.
- And the heat that your form is giving out.
- Sit with an awareness of these functions for a while.
Bow Brickhill West
Revelation, understanding, inspiration, chaos, concept, freedom and lack of constraint, unbiased energy. Goodness and attainment, vastness.
The Contemplation
Revelation
Understanding
Inspiration
Chaos
Concept
Freedom and lack of constraint
Unbiased energy
Goodness and attainment
Vastness
Questions
- What inspires you most?
- What understanding of your life has been revealed through shock or surprise?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Fenny Stratford West
Potential, the unknowable, the divine, root and seed, the magical, the spiritual, the unquantifiable. The invisible, unity.
The Contemplation
Potential
The unknowable
The divine
Root and seed
The magical
The spiritual
The unquantifiable
The invisible
Unity
Questions
- What was the most magical moment of your day yesterday?
- Contemplate this for a while in silence
Kempston Hardwick West
Data, responses, information, fact, theory, thinking, monitoring systems, language, splendour and glory, abstraction ~ conceptualization, internal representation, honesty and truth, the illusion of order.
The Contemplation
Data
Responses
Information
Fact, theory, thinking
Monitoring systems
Language
Splendour and glory
Abstraction – conceptualization
Internal representation
Honesty and truth
The illusion of order
Questions
- Your thought processes, information, data, problems and solutions are they too active?
- What are you thinking about today?
- What thoughts are you addicted too?
- Can you calm your thoughts?
- Sit for a while and observe your thoughts.
Lidlington West
Strength, discrimination, control, judgment, law, power and justice, restraint and authority. Limitation, duty and obedience, courage.
The Contemplation
Strength
Discrimination
Control
Judgment
Law, power and justice
Restraint and authority
Limitation
Duty and obedience
Courage
Questions
- What are your strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
- Are you truthful with yourself about them?
- Do you act on those truths?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Millbrook West
The contemplative self, I, the driver, beauty, compassion, devotion, passion, determination and hubris. Pride, joy and laughter, identification, balance ~ wholeness.
The Contemplation
The contemplative self
I
The driver
Beauty
Compassion
Devotion
Passion, determination and hubris
Pride
Joy and laughter
Identification
Balance ~ wholeness
Questions
- What do you find beautiful?
- Contemplate this for a while.
Ridgmont West
Mercy, love, power and majesty. Expansion, creative leadership, generosity, humility and duty.
The Contemplation
Mercy
Love
Power and majesty
Expansion
Creative leadership
Generosity
Humility and duty
Questions
- Do you have compassion for others?
- Do you have compassion for yourself?
- Do you love others?
- Do you love yourself?
- (or are you generous towards others/self?)
- Sit and contemplate these things for a while
Stewartby West
Emotions, desires, cycles, patterns, practice, operating systems, habits, behaviour, victory and endurance, selflessness, textures, sights, smells, tastes, sounds and colours ~ the senses.
The Contemplation
Emotions
Desires
Cycles
Patterns
Practice
Operating systems
Habits
Behaviour
Victory and endurance
Selflessness
Textures, smells, tastes, sounds and colours ~ the senses
Questions
- How are you feeling (emotionally)?
- Creatively?
- Are you feeling excited, active or calm?
- What are your desires?
- Sit and contemplate your desires without becoming carried away by them or acting on them.
Woburn Sands West
Understanding, form, reason, information, structure, containment, (sorrow) design. Creation and restriction ~ cause and effect, wisdom.
The Contemplation
Understanding
Form
Reason
Information
Structure
Containment
Sorrow
Design
Creation and restriction ~ cause and effect
Questions
- Imagine the perfect structure of your life, how does it look?
- How would you build the pieces of it?
- What have you learned from the experiences, which have made you unhappy?