In painting, a motif is a design or pattern that is pictured often. For example, a common motif in Mbuti paintings is the dotted line. Sometimes Mbuti motifs stand for things from the real world. Dotted lines, for example, sometimes represent ant trails on the rain forest floor. A tropical forest that stays green and gets heavy rainfalls all year round.
Rain forests contain incredibly diverse species of plants and animals.
Sadly, almost half of the world's tropical rain forests have been cut down for their wood and to clear land for roads and fields. In music, rhythm is the arrangement of the loud and soft beats. A work of art can also have rhythm through the spacing of lines and the repetition of shapes.