WHEN ELEMENTS ARE REPEATED, ALTERNATED, OR OTHERWISE ARRANGED, OR OTHERWISE ARRANGED, THE SPACE BETWEEN THEM OR HOW THEY OVERLAP CAN CREATE RHYTHM.

GROUPINGS OF SIMILAR ELEMENTS THAT REPEAT WITH NO REGULARITY CREATE A RANDOM RHYTHM.

CREATED BY A SERIES OF ELEMENTS, OFTEN IDENTICAL, THAT ARE PLACED A REGULAR OR SIMILAR INTERVALS

ELEMENTS MAY BE ALTERNATED, LIKE THE RED AND BLACK SQUARS ON A CHECKERBOARD. THEY MAY ALSO BE FLIPPED, MIRRORED, OR ROTATED.

IS CREATED BY UNDULATING ELEMENTS AND INTERVALS, BENDING OR CURVING MOTIFS, AND SPACES. THEY CAN BE SEEN IN STREAMS,WAVES, AND SAND DUNES.

WHEN A MOTIF CHANGES A LITTLE BIT EACH TIME IT IS REPEATED THE RESULT IS TRANSFORMATION IN A STEADY SEQUENCE