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These 11 videos started out just as music by Floor is Lava, then the visuals were created and added by Jon Sachs, using a different approach for each video.

The concept for each video was derived from the irresistible spell that the music placed upon the hapless videographer.

I like these videos; they are not perfect by any means, but each one explores both the music and a unique visual idea.

violinist abstract

Christmas Eve

A old illustration of a violinist has been coaxed into dancing to the music, and even being deconstructed at times.

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dance

Dance

Videos of dance combine to create a character that itself dances through the cosmos. This is a combined effort of global creators, though none of them could have known. Watch to the end to see the names of the 11 creators from 9 different countries, all found via pixabay.com.

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faces

Draw Me

Accepting the risk of being literal, this video draws him and her both, and then celebrates them with expensive designer frames.

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flames

Flames

The flames are synthesized and made to dance without regard to the conventions of physics or to the psychology of color. They just are.

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face

Let It Go

A video entirely composed of undulating moiré patterns: beware as for a very few, these patterns may set off seizures!

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shapes

Merrymaker

A little geometric creature becomes our primary actor and finds its way through various landscapes. At times it reproduces and threatens to over populate.

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kitchen jars

My Kitchen

Still images and occasional glimpses of life take us into the aforementioned kitchen.

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shadow shapes

Oaks

Light coming through the trees (some actual oaks) and forming dancing patterns on the walls of my house, then married to the music.

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