When I am doing a painting, I always make sure a put one irritating thing in it. One eye a little too big or lips a little off, or ears too high on the head. I do this to make it human. No face is symmetrical, so it will make you feel odd to see one that is.
That goes for more than faces. When I decorate a room I do the same thing. Rooms that interior designers do are many times perfect and cold. You dont want to live in them. They have no energy. But one or two quirky things in it can make it feel welcoming. It also adds interest. Your eye will go to the off thing immediately. Dont move it , enjoy it,
it lets the room and painting breathe. Take that wild lamp out of the room and the room sighs and waits for something else interesting to come in so it can sing again. This is one area in life we do not have to have everything matching and perfect.
You want to love your paintings and rooms and photographs- put that one odd thing in and you will see them come alive.
Call me crazy, but I like perfect and symmetrical. 🙂
I am talking about perfection. You would not love it if everything was perfectly symmetrical. Its a subtle difference.
I know what you’re saying and I’m jerking your chain a bit; but still, symmetry is one of the ways we recognize beauty, so it’s not the enemy.