Fig. 157
In this case I have achieved the suggestion of a Symmetrical Balance on a vertical axis with some Harmony of Directions and of Attitudes and some Interval-Harmony.
Fig. 158
In this case, also, I have achieved a suggestion of Order, if not Order itself. Consider the comparative disorder in [Fig. 156], where no arrangement has been attempted.
Fig. 159
Here is another arrangement of the same terms. Fortunately, in all of these cases, the lines agree in tone and in width-measure. That means considerable order to begin with.
This problem of taking any terms and making the best possible arrangement of them is a most interesting problem, and the ability to solve it has a practical value. We have the problem to solve in every-day life; when we have to arrange, as well as we can, in the best possible order, all the useful and indispensable articles we have in our houses. To achieve a consistency and unity of effect with a great number and variety of objects is never easy. It is often very difficult. It is particularly difficult when we have no two objects alike, no correspondence, no likeness, to make Harmony. With the possibility of repetitions and inversions the problem becomes comparatively easy. With repetitions and inversions we have the possibility, not only of Harmony, but of Balance and Rhythm. With inversions we have the possibility, not only of Balance, but of Symmetrical Balance, and when we have that we are not at all likely to think whether the terms of which the symmetry is composed are in harmony or not. We feel the Order of Symmetry and we are satisfied.