See what you make of this. There's a lot of repetition, obviously. In fact you could say it's all repetition. But there's also a great deal of care being taken. And the lone color, the rich red of the envelope (?) shifts around in an intriguing way. I think I'd describe this animation as meditative.
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I must say that although I admired the artwork I was less taken with it after the third repetition. It got to be like, 'Help! I'm trapped in the envelope factory.' I continued to watch until the end hoping that there would be some sort of resolution - like some tearing.
The danger of meditation as it's been popularized in the West is that rather than mindfulness what's most often attained is mindlessness. The lesson I took to heart during all my reading about Eastern practices was the one about finding a trustworthy guide before heading too far down that path - the advice was to spend at least ten years examining the behavior of a particular teacher or guru before asking to become their student. Whereas I've read some amazing stories about how various people reached Enlightenment, I never met such a person.
While I'm not opposed to CGI animation as a form of entertainment, it does concern me that the other forms are neglected at best in the marketplace. So I like to highlight well-done examples of hand-drawn animation. At least on a level of craft this film counts as far as I'm concerned. But you're right that the repetition gets to be a little much after a while.
The former Archdruid has said much the same thing about meditation in the West, as I'm sure you're aware. My suspicion is that the whole notion of "enlightenment" has been mistranslated from culture to culture. Westerners seem to approach it as some kind of apocalyptic change in outlook and circumstances. But in its original contexts it can mean greater clarity, as the word implies, and might simply be part of your day.
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