On the impression of plenitude

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" Both musical unity and musical structure are facilitated by the clear and distinct arrangement of tonal properties. Thus, the greater a musical passage can be anticipated, the more likely we sense it as being temporally continuous. And central to this anticipatory aspect is the employment of tonality, obeying the logic of modulation, succession, and resolution."

Beneath the impression of plenitude while walking along Thorvaldsen's scupltures, Sam Renseiw's captured footage reveals a lines of discontinuity where the things change, even though they seemingly remain the same. View the Rytm of Duration by clicking here or on the links above. (patafilm # 400, 01'57'', 7 MB, Quicktime/mov - Flash version at Blip.tv)