I sat down to do some more tracing tonight and thought I’d talk to the voice recorder while I did it. Just a few reflections on what’s going on and how it all works for me. Beware of the false ending just before 33 minutes.
Download: Tracing (36MB)
Here’s the first frame that I refer to, I’ll post the animation when it’s finished.
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