The comment was meant to point out the self-indulgent nature of the poems and the yea-saying of the poet's friends, who had ceased to be critical.
And still independence and radical autonomy remain central elements in many composers' selfrepresentations, even if they tend nowadays to be less broodingly self-indulgent or stridently polemical.
Moreover, the compromised objectivity previously noted is now displaced further by a form of self-indulgent congratulation.
It is difficult to criticise this book given its selfless approach, but the life stories can be rather self-indulgent and can sound insincere.
Their psychological scores suggesting that they were self-indulgent, dependent, overprotected, less well-informed, lacking ambition and operating more on the basis of feelings than thought.
Thus, far from appearing as annoying busybodies or self-indulgent zealots, puritans on this issue took advantage of a rare opportunity to appear downright sensible.
Appendix 2 on human creativity seemed a little self-indulgent although the author noted that he wished to conclude the book in an optimistic spirit.
Acting is too often perceived by society as being a self-indulgent profession, motivated by vanity and greed.
