{"id":18451,"date":"2016-05-10T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=18451"},"modified":"2016-05-10T07:00:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T07:00:35","slug":"shaping-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2016\/05\/10\/shaping-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"A Story In Shapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/44909\/Stockholm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/zatista-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/products\/1835_gb50gdo62jo2n3vv4p8ea361s7_3zKYnDi407a83J1c_1_390x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stockholm by Kevin Brewerton $2,175<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Soft gentle curves and sharp jagged edges\u00a0&#8211; they can all have different meanings and affect individuals in complex ways. Many artists like to use shapes to convey certain feelings through this kind of visual thinking.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/50180\/composition-with-red-semi-circle\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/zatista-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/products\/15820_3prl4ksq8vsmners7ufh3javj5_SioKfvQ0BA5F1P74_1_390x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">composition with red semi circle by Liam Hennessy SOLD<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn\u2019t say any other way \u2013 things I had no words for.\u201d \u2013 Georgia O\u2019Keeffe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/42673\/Riveras-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/zatista-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/products\/9765_ndp55k11s1vpit7lqsmrrjejm1_Z4R4k9zX89wdC4Dy_1_390x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riveras #4 by Jeffrey Davies $1,360<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we typically think of shapes, we think of them geometrically. 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