The conative, as opposed to the cognitive or affective, relates to purposeful, but not necessarily ultimately rational, action.

At the moment, for example, while a minimalist aesthetic, or the tail end of one, still manifests itself in a lot of painting and music, we are living in age of maximalist novels—books less concerned with le mot juste than with being full-service entertainment centers.

Gavriella: At an annual movement conference. I went for the first time, and we proposed creating new kenim [branches] and it was approved, which is amazing!

The coffee shop had the usual post 2 a.m. crowd—some Indian cleaners having breakfast before going to work and a couple of KTV girls having supper with clients from the lounge across the road.