I don't like to have complete symmetry in my pieces. For a couple of reasons



- If you're going for symmetry, and it's not EXACT, then it is very obvious and achieves the opposite effect that you're going for - which is it that it makes a piece look out of balance.



- I find symmetry to be boring (most of the time). I like the skew and twist that asymmetry provides instead.



- It gives a piece much more flow and helps the composition move, because when something is mirrored and centered, the movement is killed. I wanted movement in this, flowing up from the woman and bird, through the other smaller birds and the city.