The experience of stillness

[YmirGF]

I think you probably meant phalanx i.e a body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close formation.

Just so. Hey, it was early, LOL. Coffee hadn't yet kicked in.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Think of it as being like watching a movie and getting caught in the detail of a particular scene. As you focus on the those details, the next parts sweep past your attention and you begin to miss things. Pretty soon you have to go back to the point you got sidetracked and start the movie from there. (I do this a lot when I start to comment on something interesting in a movie.) Not a perfect analogy, but good enough to give the idea.

I can see where you're going with this.

For me it's like watching a film on an 8mm projector. I get particularly excited about one frame, I pause the film to focus on that frame, and the film melts.