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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
Join Date: Sep-2004
Location: Upstate South Carolina
Country: USA
Posts: 1,234
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Originally Posted by will heath
Why do odd numbers work best for forests? This is a tough one in all art forms, take the book, "Drawing For Dummies" for example, it states in the chapter, "Focusing on the Elements of Composition in Drawing" that "Placing an odd number of objects into a grouping (rather than an even number) makes a composition more artistically pleasing. Balancing three objects on one side of a composition and five on the other is much more interesting than a static arrangement of four on either side." In fact this chapter could very well be written about designing bonsai.
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5+3= ?
Basically, all the research, and all your "essay" proves is that odd does in fact make nice forests (or has the potential to.) You've in no way disproved that even-treed forests are repugnant, stale, or not believable.
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