patternsthatconnect

abstract art, a systems view

repetition doesn’t really exist (via earscapes)

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I saw this. I liked it, and I thought it was worth repeating.

“Repetition doesn’t really exist.  As far as your mind is concerned, nothing happens the same twice, even if in every technical sense, the thing is identical. Your perception is constantly shifting. It doesn’t stay in one place.” ~ Brian Eno I find this statement absolutely revelatory!  In the act of listening to a drone or a repeating pattern or chant, or any kind of sound, we can listen not only to the sound, but ourselves and the mental space … Read More

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Written by Andy Parkinson

August 20, 2011 at 7:24 am

Posted in Art

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