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time, organized well enough to dance to.
means a pattern of repetition with variation, spaced through time in a way that lets you predict what comes next and enjoy being right.
from from greek rhythmos, meaning measured flow, related to rhein, to flow — the greeks thought of rhythm as flowing motion given shape, like a river with a beat.
heartbeat firstyour first rhythm was your mother's pulse.
language has onespeech stress patterns are rhythm, not sound.
cicadas countsome broods emerge on strict 13 or 17 year rhythms.