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Wonderful graphic! Nice interplay between the light and shadow areas and the shapes they create. the "slant to the right" composition also has inherent power.... I really enjoy these kind of abstracts.

A fun to look at this one. I had to think about the vertical shadows at the bottom and would try to crop them. They are not "strong" enough to get the right balance to the top. A wonderful picture, best - Thomas

Interesting, I think that if you were going to crop the upper right vertical shadow, you'd want to also crop the lower left vert shadow.. personally, I like the look with them there, even the less defined lower shadow. It's a bit steril without them... wabi sabi ?

Perfect as it is.

Thanks to all for the kind words and suggestions. I've tried cropping this several different ways and keep coming back to the original. In the actual print the tones and texture of the floor play a much bigger role than in this scan and help to achieve an overall sense of balance. "Wabi sabi?" Just disreguard for anything but the visual qualities of subject matter. Thanks again, doc.

Since wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic system, it is difficult to explain precisely in western terms. According to Leonard Koren (in his book WABI-SABI: FOR ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, POETS & PHILOSOPHERS), wabi-sabi is the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty and it "occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty and perfection in the West."

* Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
* It is the beauty of things modest and humble.
* It is the beauty of things unconventional.