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RHYTHM

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Spring has finally arrived.  The grass is getting greener every day and more buds are appearing on some of the the trees.  The birds are singing their beautiful melodic tunes in the warmth of the morning sun.   RHYTHM Rhythm is my latest artist book.  I saw a call to artists of artists' books.  I was unable to participate in the call because it was national, but I really liked the theme, so I decided to create a book around it.   Rhythm is defined as: (1) a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound; (2) the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodic stress.   In researching further, I learned there were different kinds of rhythm: (1) random rhythm: avoids any formal structure: (2) regular rhythm: arrangement of parts following a regular space and interval between them; (3) alternating rhythm: changes the dynamic, the focus and the speed of the repeated motif; (4) progressive rhythm: a gradual increase or decrease in the siz