Balance

C  O  N  S  I  D  E  R 

Equilibrium in weights or forces

Stability

Harmony

State of dominance or authority

Remainder or rest

Equality

Difference

Adjustment

Oscillation

Regulation

To hang in the balance

Weigh

Estimate

Counterpoise

Proportion or arrange

Appeal

Settle

In Repetition: The third type of repetition is stabilized repetition or balance, and, though it may have things in common with sequence and rhythm, it will not suggest movement along a continuous path. It restrains movement and organizes weights across a center of gravity, the precise location of which may not even be indicated in the design. If there is weight or "pull in one direction, there is "pull" in the opposite direction across this center. Weights balance each other as do two children on a seesaw--the larger child sitting near the fulcrum, the smaller child sitting some distance away from it. The kind of balance we normally encounter in art and design is of a sort not so much "recognized" as felt by the observer.