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movement

by se-reimer

~ "did you know,” says he to she, “that present act, as in music, current status is a movement?" the space between transitions, afore its alteration, from a time and place, to a new dimension; before a score becomes unsettled, and shifts to lilting melody, amidst the rhythmic cadence, like phrases ’tween the beats! sheds new light upon one’s moves, invites my claim what looks unchanged, is too in movement’s midst; despite the strain of rat’ling chain, that bind one’s present to their past, lies this inspiring thought! perchance they'd call it something else were turn from overture to arias a movement changing naught. ~
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Written by
se-reimer
American
Published
Feb 10, 2019
Time
2m
Notes

post script.

conversation with my sweetheart, "did you know, ’a movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. while individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession.’?" (from Wikipedia)

this unusual use of the word “movement”, a word that for most of us conjures images of moving trucks and status relocation, in this instance implies the present status between transitions, rather than the transition itself. thus, like the swan that gracefully floats on the lake, with nary a ripple nearby, neath the water its feet are steering and rapidly moving. which reminds me to accept that change can indeed be occurring, even when none is visible on the surface!

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