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Explore each of the formal compositional principles below. In some cases, several principles may be involved in the composition of the image. This is fine, but the principle you choose should be what you feel is the PREDOMINATE one in the look of the image.
this has unity because all the shapes flow and go together they don't just look like separate shapes.
This image involves placement of objects in a way that will allow objects of different visual weights to balance one another around a fulcrum point. However this image is not a symmetrical balance because it cannot be divided into two equal halves
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Founding principles
if barack hussein obama and his administration were the only thing b etween ceo's and the pitchforks...
Who will be between obama and the american people when he has destroyed our economy?
This photo shows an actual line because all these lines are connected, making it an actual line that are all connected
ISO 125, 1/6, F6.4. I took this picture up close to show emphasis. I wanted to show emphasis in the headphone and a little bit in the blue highlighter. The highlighter also draws my eye to the back of the picture.
Thought this would be a good place to do what others are doing...and saving images and links to designs I really like. I am not going to start this as a review of these, just a personal (and for anyone else) archive.
In this photograph the brightly colored painting is in contrast with the dim and blurry background which focuses on the painting (emphasizing on it).
Huey, Aaron. Painting. 2014. National Geographic, Svaneti, Russia.
🌌 The 3 Final Principles of Realization
1 - Unity of Being (Wahdat al-Wujud) - Everything is God Appearing as Multiplicity
Wahdat al-Wujud expresses the profound insight that all existence is a manifestation of the One, the Divine Reality. What appears as multiplicity, the stars, the mountains, the oceans, the living beings, is in truth a reflection of God’s infinite presence. The forms are many, but the essence is One.
This understanding dissolves the illusion of separation. The seeker who perceives through the lens of Wahdat al-Wujud sees every being, every object, every moment as a veil of the Divine. Life is no longer a series of disconnected events but a harmonious unfolding of the One reality.
To realize this unity is not merely intellectual; it is experiential. The heart becomes attuned to the Divine pulse, recognizing that love, beauty, suffering, and joy are all expressions of the same eternal source. In this vision, the seeker lives with reverence, awe, and compassion, for everything encountered is a mirror reflecting God. The journey is thus the awakening to the truth that multiplicity is the canvas on which the Infinite paints its presence.
2 - Unity of Witnessing (Wahdat ash-Shuhud) - Only the Witnessing of God Remains
Wahdat ash-Shuhud emphasizes the experiential reality that all appearances are seen through the lens of divine presence. Here, the focus is not on the ontological unity of all things, but on the recognition that every perception, every moment, every event is observed in and through God. The world exists, yet its reality is inseparable from the act of witnessing by the Divine.
In this state, the seeker becomes acutely aware that all distinctions, between self and other, inner and outer, creator and creation, are perceived within the consciousness of God. The individual ego recedes, and what remains is a pure witnessing, a silent acknowledgment of the Divine in every phenomenon.
Wahdat ash-Shuhud cultivates mindfulness and presence. It teaches that spiritual realization is not about controlling or owning experience, but about surrendering to the witnessing of God in all things. Life becomes a mirror in which God’s presence is reflected continuously, and the heart rests in the serenity of knowing that nothing exists outside of divine awareness.
3 - Unity of Love (Wahdat al-Mahabba) - The Lover, the Beloved, and Love Are One
Wahdat al-Mahabba reveals the ultimate truth of spiritual intimacy: the distinction between the lover, the beloved, and the love itself dissolves into a single reality. In this unity, love is not merely an emotion or a bond; it is the essence of existence, the current that animates all being.
The seeker experiences that every longing, every devotion, every act of surrender is simultaneously the expression of the self, the reflection of the Divine, and the love that binds them. There is no separation, love flows through the lover as the beloved, and the beloved manifests through the lover’s heart.
This principle transforms the seeker’s perception of life. Relationships, actions, and even the simplest moments are no longer isolated occurrences but manifestations of a single, divine love. In Wahdat al-Mahabba, the heart becomes a vessel of pure devotion, where giving, receiving, and being are inseparable, and existence itself becomes a continuous act of loving God.
Pictures by ELG21
Work by eDition Etoile