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the body's quiet vote for balance, cast a thousand times a second
means To move slowly back and forth, or to influence someone's opinion or decision.
from From Old Norse 'sveigja,' meaning to bend or swing — a word for supple things, trees giving to wind and ships rocking on swells. The sense of 'holding power over' grew from the image of something that bends others to its will, the way a strong current bends a reed.
- never still
- standing upright is constant micro-correction, never true stillness
- power word
- holding sway means controlling without touching anything
- bridge killer
- resonant sway once collapsed Tacoma Narrows in wind
- crowd sync
- swaying audiences unconsciously match each other's rhythm
- sailor's truth
- sway is also sideways ship motion, no roll involved
for instance
the pendulum of foucault — 68-meter iron pendulum in paris panthéon that visibly rotates earth, installed 1851