Declarative would be more like: circle is at position 10,10 at time 1.5 circle is of size 50 at time 5 circle is at position 20,50 at time 3 And so forth. A

Declarative would be more like: circle is at position 10,10 at time 1.5 circle is of size 50 at time 5 circle is at position 20,50 at time 3 And so forth. And because of this statements, an animation is computed that respects the declarations.