The Improbable Charm of Carmina Vacaloura

An animated jazz riff on Wittgenstein’s Tractatus — and I’m not making this up

Two of the jazz ensembles from Carmina Vacaloura

My most recent obsession has been figuring out Carmiña Vacaloura.

To decide if this makes any sense, just go to YouTube and spend a few minutes with this mesmerizing animation. Basically, it’s a fable about a wise beetle and a noisy…