Beauty of Symmetry

Beauty of Symmetry 

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November 30, 2015

I remember the first time I walked the campus of CNU. I was a junior in high school, driving back from a trip to Virginia Beach with some friends. We decided to take a bathroom break on the same exit that CNU was off of and walk on the campus for a few minutes. I had only vaguely heard of CNU before and had not a clue what to expect of the campus. What I saw astonished me. The campus, though small and contained, was beautifully constructed. As I walked the great lawn for the first time, I stood in awe of the regal brick buildings. The beauty of the campus remained etched in my mind for the rest of the ride home that night. After having walked the same path I did that night, going through the heart of campus never gets old for me. I especially love walking across the great lawn on a late fall afternoon, admiring how the pastel sky complements the same stately buildings that first stunned me. Upon further reflection of my first encounter with the campus, I believe it was the symmetry of everything that led me to exclaim of it’s beauty. It seems to me that equality in proportion is an aesthetic principle of great value. When things balance out and fit together we marvel. Symmetry makes things belong by putting them into a predetermined order.