self-forgetful

The girl, momentarily self-forgetful, is absorbed in her process, “hunkered over her drawing pad, / humming, for an hour.”

Levé’s nonlinear stream of recollections about his friend denies the reader the self-forgetful pleasure of the traditional novel: that of entering another world, elaborate yet comprehensible.

Both try to achieve a joyous, self-forgetful involvement through concentration, which, in turn, is made possible through discipline of body.”

He thrusts his hips quickly, his face expressing nothing but self-forgetful pleasure.

There's a precision and inevitability of movement from line to line which seem self-forgetful.