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[flawlessymmetry]

[There is a boy with immaculately neat clothing and strange black hair marked with three white stripes, sat precisely in the middle of the screen with a notably symmetrical background, the books on the shelf and other items in the room meticulously arranged into mirror images of their partners.]

My greetings to the inhabitants of this fine

Comments

[chastewing]

What about the possibility it is meant to be asymmetric for the artistic effect?

[flawlessymmetry]

... the aim of art is to be aesthetically pleasing, is it not? I cannot see how something that is unsymmetrical and disorderly could ever be considered as 'pleasing'.

[chastewing]

Tastes vary.

Picasso and all the art critics that love him would somehow disagree with you.

[flawlessymmetry]

Apparently so...

Escher, on the other hand, would side with me on saying that you would need a Spanish civil war and copious amounts of Spanish wine to find that sort of work 'art'.

[chastewing]

It's not supposed to be a competition. I think you're to accept you don't like one specific type of art and look at another without trying to change it.

However, in the case of the topiaries, I'll admit it's probably more about the fact one is more exposed to the sun and grows faster than for some artistic value.

[flawlessymmetry]

Hmph, I suppose you have some validity there, although I still say that symmetry is the ultimate form of artistic accomplishment.

The reason as to the result has little bearing on the fact that it has been left to develop to this extent; if one grows faster it should simply bet cut back faster also.

[chastewing]

And no one will ever be able to change your mind on the subject the same way you couldn't change anyone else's mind.

And I see you're already talking to the gardener. Good luck on your quest.

[flawlessymmetry]

Then I suppose we shall have to resolve the discussion by agreeing to disagree.

I appreciate the sentiment.