A PyMel script that creates a twisting line of cubes that gradually gets larger

iterativeCubesTwist.py

import time
from pymel.core import  *

def iterativeFunc(maxNum=20, size=(0.2, 1), rotAngle=(-20, 120)):
    for n in range(maxNum):
        myCube = polyCube(ch=False)
        mySize = [size[0] + ((size[1] - size[0]) /float(maxNum) * n) for x in range(3)]
        pos = [(size[1]*1.02) * n, 5, 0]
        rot = [(float(rotAngle[1] - rotAngle[0])/maxNum)*n + rotAngle[0], 0, 0]
        xform(myCube, t=pos, scale=mySize, rotation=rot)
        time.sleep(0.01)
        refresh(force=True)
    return

iterativeFunc(maxNum=80, size=(0.06,2), rotAngle=(120, -120))

recursiveCubesTwist.py

from pymel.core import *
import time

def recurse(counter, maxCounter):
    pc = polyCube(ch=False)
    maxSize = float(1)
    startSize = float(0.2)
    sc = (maxSize*startSize) + (maxSize*(1-startSize)/maxCounter)*counter
    maxRotate = 270
    xform(pc, scale=[sc, sc, sc], t=[counter*maxSize*1.005, 0, 0], rotation=[float(maxRotate)/maxCounter*counter, 0, 0] )
    time.sleep(0.01)
    refresh(force=True)
    if counter >= maxCounter:
        print counter, maxCounter
        return
    print counter
    recurse(counter+1, maxCounter)
    return
    
recurse(0, 40)