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The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Centipedes
Move
Precisely
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Rhythm
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Legs
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Instruments
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Consider
Time
Flow
Think
Centipede
Thinking
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