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Recurring motifs, including a trio of nondescript dogs that several workshop attendees adopted for their own mugs, adorned various Stringer originals strewn about Backhouse.

The hand-painted saree with traditional Bengali motifs had the colours of the Palestinian flag on its borders.

But the sense of squandered opportunity is only heightened when you get to Don't Look Down - which marries a Bansuri flute motif to a thrumming trance beat.

The evergreen perennial’s triangular leaves are tipped with spirals, a primordial motif suggesting life’s eternal cycles.

With its dense, pyrotechnic lyrics and recurrent musical motifs, “Hamilton,” in particular, seems to grow richer with each hearing.