Re: animal intentions and "Random" loops

["Stephen P. Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

Speaking of circles, remember how the artist Giotto got his commission to 
do
work for the Vatican... by drawing, by hand, an allegedly perfect circle.
This mnemonic is in more places than we're willing to admit I suspect. :)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Heyoka_face_eater" <wils0450@tc.umn.edu>
To: "Loopers list" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: 29 January 2001 17:33 PM
Subject: animal intentions and "Random" loops


> a bunch of people wrote:
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> > a bunch of stuff on whales and creativity and music
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> PLease  bear with me a moment - In Ojibwe thought, art that follows
> a circular path (eg a loop) is the ultimate form of expression. It is
> thought that the thing has a beginning, a period of growth, a period of
> centemplation, and a "end". In the grand scehme of the Universe, it is
> thought that this end exists simply to make the next begining easier to
> comprehend (like the big bang expansion/contraction theory). Since all
> things come from the natural world (even if human beings mine it and
> refine it into something else), it is logical (in OJibwe thought) too
> state that the Whales are compsing. To qoute Mike Muir, "just 'cause you
> don't like don't mean that it ain't no good."
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> That's just my $.02
>
> PBS is running a way cool documetary on Jazz. The fourth and final
> instalment is on tonight. Check your local listings :)
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