Perception of order is the underlying process which make us conceive and understand what we call decoration. A mechanism which is at the root of the entire artistic experience, suggests Gombrich. Much of what surrounds us offers a constant solution of continuity, and in Gombrich sense, it’s far from being 'beautiful': it does not respect a good decorative scheme. Unless we choose to look otherwise and start noticing. Paying attention to detail, moving closer to things allows sometimes to detect unsuspected and intriguing patterns which invite the eye to travel around a meaningful shape or to observe, at a glance, some of nature's most perfect examples of visual symmetries and rhythms. In the almost perfect geometry that assembles a sea-urchin there is a link between the construction simplicity of its forms and the simplicity of our perception of them.
