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Symmetry and Balance - Coggle Diagram
Symmetry and Balance
Thematic symmetry
Contrast is important
Audience likes balance
Concept of duality and opposition
Spatial symmetry
Planes of symmetry
A continuum of symmetry
Geometric symmetry, reflection, dilation
Asymmetry
Small bit may be more meaningful than symmetry
Asymmetry can be satisfying
When a signer rejects symmetry on purpose
Symmetry and asymmetry in duets
Counter-balance
Some duets use each person to create one sign together
Duets automatically create symmetry
Temporal symmetry
Form at beginning and end can echo each other
Symmetry usually isn't perfect
Can be temporary
Breaking and remaking symmetry
Some poems have a sudden loss of symmetry
Other poems go between symmetry and asymmetry
Humans experience the tension between balance and unbalance everyday