The introspective ruminations feature sparse instrumentation that highlights Donovan's guitar playing, singing, and lyrics. The "Autobiography" comprises a rambling collection of anecdotes and ruminations rather than a conventional autobiography. It included prayers and ruminations on faith, writing, and O'Connor's relationship with God. The epistles of Seneca, with their moral or philosophical ruminations, influenced later patristic writers. He has published multiple collections of his journalistic exploits, screenplays, ruminations and artwork. It is often related with obsessive ruminations and somatoform symptoms. The verses provide philosophical ruminations about the situation, while the bridge provides more specifics. Karo continued to write the column after college, shortening the title to simply "Ruminations". On January 18, 2017, Oberst announced a companion album to "Ruminations", called "Salutations". Ten of the tracks originally appeared on "Ruminations" in acoustic form. It was particularly the thought and the fear of Hell which these ruminations centered on. Hofstadter himself refers to it as ""my ruminations on the art of translation"". Far from conclusive, these ruminations left the web's impact on memory retention an open question.