spontaneity
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Pissarro soon gave up on pointillism, noting its conflict with the richness and spontaneity of Impressionism.
“Her capacity to marry that scale with the spontaneity of a snapshot aesthetic gave it such a unique place in the field.”
From New York Times
Jazz, as they remind those who put their music in that category, “is based on improvisation, freedom and spontaneity. So, to put it in a nutshell, jazz should always evolve.”
From Washington Post
But on the flip side, there’s no room for genuine spontaneity — Brown said capturing someone laughing or breaking into tears isn’t really possible, due to the long exposure times.
From The Verge
As Oh tells it, the beat was born of a moment of spontaneity, in which Peet suddenly grabbed a hat off her first assistant director, Drew Langer, and asked Balaban to toss it.
From New York Times
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