Circle
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This is a problem often called "squaring a
circle"
that was first proposed in the ancient world.
Leonardo's sketch, which is influenced by the writings of the Roman architect, Vitruvius, places a man firmly at the center of a
circle
and a square.
Vitruvius claimed the navel is the center of the human body and that if one takes a compass and places the fixed point on the navel, a
circle
can be drawn perfectly around the body.
Leonardo used the ideas of Vitruvius to solve the problem of squaring a
circle
metaphorically using mankind as the area for both shapes.
Looking back at the sketch, we can see that by changing the position of the man, he can fill the irreconcilable areas of a
circle
and a square.
Just as its round face can trace the linear passage of time, the flow of rhythm can be traced in a
circle.
We can mark the beats at different positions around the
circle
using blue dots for main beats, orange ones for off beats, and white dots for secondary beats.
And rotating the outer
circle
90 degrees counterclockwise gives us a pattern often found in Middle Eastern music, as well as Brazilian choro, and Argentinian tango.
The lion's share of the space goes to the winner's
circle.
And while this approach has merits, I have come full
circle.
Able to travel consistently at the incredible speed of one degree longitude around the equator per minute, the plane would take six hours to
circle
the world.
And for the procrastinator, that conflict tends to end a certain way every time, leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone, an easy and fun place that's entirely out of the Makes Sense
circle.
But the same goes for that, then we're in the vicious
circle
of actually coming up with ideas but being frustrated.
These stories would make girls curious and interested in talking about menstruation in their close
circle.
Anyone is allowed to mix them in different types of ways, draw connections between musical ideas, and people can burn them or create final products and continue the
circle.
So day after day, the calligraphy
circle
was taking shape, and we were always excited to go back on the mountain to look at the piece.
Cluster bomb use creates a vicious
circle
of impact on communities, and not only the lives of their victims.
They are, but what's even more unusual about them is that they're compassionate and altruistic not just towards people who are in their own innermost
circle
of friends and family.
Truly extraordinary altruists' compassion extends way beyond that circle, even beyond their wider
circle
of acquaintances to people who are outside their social
circle
altogether, total strangers, just like the man who rescued me.
And I've had the opportunity now to ask a lot of altruistic kidney donors how it is that they manage to generate such a wide
circle
of compassion that they were willing to give a complete stranger their kidney.
It's because if there's no center of your circle, there can be no inner rings or outer rings, nobody who is more or less worthy of your care and compassion than anybody else.
But what's clear is the kinds of changes we're seeing show that the roots of altruism and compassion are just as much a part of human nature as cruelty and violence, maybe even more so, and while some people do seem to be inherently more sensitive to the suffering of distant others, I really believe that the ability to remove oneself from the center of the
circle
and expand the
circle
of compassion outward to include even strangers is within reach for almost everyone.
I'm on this big red
circle.
Is it a part of a
circle?
It's actually not a part of a
circle.
Sometimes I would find that I couldn't draw the right side of a
circle.
Which bring me full
circle
and points directly to the core issue, the overproduction and overconsumption of meat and junk food.
We can choose to draw a
circle
around our feet and stay in that spot, or we can open ourselves to opportunities like Carly, who went from nursing student to hotel owner, or like Julia Child.
The prediction: everything should
circle
around the Earth.
And because you and your partner consciously made that decision, many in your social circle, they kind of look down on you.
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