Repetition in art and music is one of the things that holds art and music together. To take a well-recognized practitioner of repetition, Ludwig von Beethoven used repetition all the time. Take, for example, the repetition of the: duh duh duh dummmm,. Idea in the first movement of the 5th symphony. That rhythm is in almost every bar of the first movement. If it's not used in the main melody, it's there in counterpoint in the orchestration. Other modes of repetition take whole phrases and repeat them. Verdi is great at this--in Trovatore, for example, in the aria D'amor sull'ali rosee in the last act, listen for repetition of all kinds of melodic structures. It's easy to hear them in this great perf by M. Caballe in Orange in 1972: https://youtu.be/7V07ekyIlO0?si=wQHLDexLtXkHcJEr
Her ability to sing extrtemely long breaths was unmatched in her times. Repetition is the name of the game in Western music. Basically you can't have music without repetition. Needless to say, the repetition in these shorts doesn't bother me at all. I see them as foundations of the whole videos. They're markers in a positive way. (A negative marker would be... a picture of drumpft's head photoshopped onto some naked fat body. That's be a marker, but not a positive one). Thanks, Clint, for another wonderful compilation of beautiful men.
Well said. Dunno if you’re familiar with the tarot (or its many designs). But the last card of the Marjor Arcana is the World, sometimes portrayed as a snake eating its own tail. lol
I would be vomiting if I copied this man. Watching it made me slightly queasy. This is a personal observation not a complaint. I am less travel sick as an adult and can now watch movies. As a child I couldn't deal with the flickering screen and would throw up within 5 to 10 minutes. To this day, I rarely watch movies. I can't hang upside down, either. for more than a scarce few seconds.
I’m with you on the upside down thing. Movies, depending on how big the screen and shaky the camera, aren’t my cup of tea. For some reason, I still enjoy spinning in circles on occasion. Makes my head and tummy feel funny…without feeling inebriated. :-)
I intensely dislike fun fair rides. My sister is 6 years younger and I was obliged to go on roundabouts and similar activities aimed at 5 to 8 year olds with her. She enjoyed them and appreciated my accompanying her but I was always hurling my guts up long before the ride was over. I was (lesser so now) clearly neuro-atypical as a child/youth and neurologically sensitive and vulnerable. Yet another reason for me not fitting in with boys and their activities and earning their contempt at my weakiness. These things plus my discoordination in catching, throwing, kicking and climbing had me relogated to to being inferior even to girls.
Same. The only things I had “going for me” was my size and temper. I’m usually a gentle giant, but even I don’t like being around me when I’m pissed off. Spinning calms some of those tendencies. Gives my brain a different sensation to focus on when aggravated. Yesterday, I danced in circles for a bit. :-p
Repetition in art and music is one of the things that holds art and music together. To take a well-recognized practitioner of repetition, Ludwig von Beethoven used repetition all the time. Take, for example, the repetition of the: duh duh duh dummmm,. Idea in the first movement of the 5th symphony. That rhythm is in almost every bar of the first movement. If it's not used in the main melody, it's there in counterpoint in the orchestration. Other modes of repetition take whole phrases and repeat them. Verdi is great at this--in Trovatore, for example, in the aria D'amor sull'ali rosee in the last act, listen for repetition of all kinds of melodic structures. It's easy to hear them in this great perf by M. Caballe in Orange in 1972: https://youtu.be/7V07ekyIlO0?si=wQHLDexLtXkHcJEr
Her ability to sing extrtemely long breaths was unmatched in her times. Repetition is the name of the game in Western music. Basically you can't have music without repetition. Needless to say, the repetition in these shorts doesn't bother me at all. I see them as foundations of the whole videos. They're markers in a positive way. (A negative marker would be... a picture of drumpft's head photoshopped onto some naked fat body. That's be a marker, but not a positive one). Thanks, Clint, for another wonderful compilation of beautiful men.
Sometimes I notice a photograph included twice. I just assumed it was for artistic effect. Tell people that, Clint.
Sometimes it is. Sometimes it’s not. :-p
The planet rotates. The galaxy rotates. The universe itself probably rotates.
Rotation is a state of being.
"In my end is my beginning."
Well said. Dunno if you’re familiar with the tarot (or its many designs). But the last card of the Marjor Arcana is the World, sometimes portrayed as a snake eating its own tail. lol
I would be vomiting if I copied this man. Watching it made me slightly queasy. This is a personal observation not a complaint. I am less travel sick as an adult and can now watch movies. As a child I couldn't deal with the flickering screen and would throw up within 5 to 10 minutes. To this day, I rarely watch movies. I can't hang upside down, either. for more than a scarce few seconds.
I’m with you on the upside down thing. Movies, depending on how big the screen and shaky the camera, aren’t my cup of tea. For some reason, I still enjoy spinning in circles on occasion. Makes my head and tummy feel funny…without feeling inebriated. :-)
I intensely dislike fun fair rides. My sister is 6 years younger and I was obliged to go on roundabouts and similar activities aimed at 5 to 8 year olds with her. She enjoyed them and appreciated my accompanying her but I was always hurling my guts up long before the ride was over. I was (lesser so now) clearly neuro-atypical as a child/youth and neurologically sensitive and vulnerable. Yet another reason for me not fitting in with boys and their activities and earning their contempt at my weakiness. These things plus my discoordination in catching, throwing, kicking and climbing had me relogated to to being inferior even to girls.
Same. The only things I had “going for me” was my size and temper. I’m usually a gentle giant, but even I don’t like being around me when I’m pissed off. Spinning calms some of those tendencies. Gives my brain a different sensation to focus on when aggravated. Yesterday, I danced in circles for a bit. :-p
https://youtu.be/PGNiXGX2nLU?si=Ra5jUzBimTTTugoq
My version 😁 Cheers DougT 🇫🇴
Doh! Looks like I enjoyed watching the video so much I forgot to say THANK YOU, Doug. Cheers too.
Glad you liked,