. Here’s an excerpt from narration personally transcribed from video starting at 2.20 mark.
“…When you look at something, the rods and cones in your eyes fire in rapid succession, but between each firing, there is a brief resetting period during which your eyes are unable to take in any new information.
^ Rods and Cones performed at The Venetian Resort | Blue Man Group
“Your brain covers up these microscopic moments of blindness with lingering after images, which help make your vision appear to be fluid and uninterrupted even though it is not.
“This phenomenon is known as persistence of vision: it’s the unique physiological quirk that makes the illusion of animation possible.
“The dark spaces between each still frame of animation literally sneak by while your eyes are not looking.”
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Art will be the last bastion when all else fades away. ~ Timothy White (b 1952), American rock music journalist _________________