In kneading there is no geometry, no edges, no breaks.  It is a seamless dream.  It’s work that can be done with the eyes closed.  It is thus an intimate daydream.  It also has rhythm, a hard rhythm, a rhythm that takes over the whole body.  It is thus vital.  It has the essential characteristic of duration: rhythm.

-Gaston Bachelard, L’Eau et les reves

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