Birds Birds Birds !
August 17, 2010
What is it about odd numbers that often tend to make collections of objects more pleasing to the eye ?
I searched on the term in google, only to find pages of entries with long descriptive
mathematical explanations about odd and even numbers, and that about 250,000 people
in the USA alone, seem to suffer from a phobia of odd numbers, something I didn’t know.
In China, they love anything to do with the letter 8 because it sounds like their word for prosperity.
In order not to unnecessarily worry anyone, here’s an image of two sets of three birds,
making six in total…. which is still an even number…… the last time I checked.
Do you like the still or running birds best ?
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Draw the identical bird running rather than standing n vice versa….and then I could say! At the mo I like some of each. X x
I have always been an odd girl. Not like that…well 🙂 I think aesthetcially odds are pleasing as you are draw to the centre object and then it seems balanced on either side. That’s just what I thought of while reading your post haha
That’s an interesting point being drawn to the middle one… do we seek a balance in our lives and look for instances where we can confirm this ? and yet a pair of something also gives us that feeling. Perhaps it’s symmetry for the eye that we’re after … sounds like an essay question, I was almost tempted to put ‘ discuss’ afterwards lol
Would be an intersting question for my dissertation in year 3…boy am I dreading that project. I change my mind too often, and having free reign is a personal kind of torture!
so what are you studying ?