This week, we have talked about broken pattern. Broken pattern is a point at which a perceptual structure of a pattern is broken, then becoming an area of focus. Broken pattern is also a part of the six principles of Gestalt. Having repetition and broken repetition helps a composition flow better. In the image that I am showing, it has a building with several windows. All of the windows are pretty much the same. The eleven windows all have glass around them and in the center there is a square hole that does not contain glass. The one exceptional window, which breaks the pattern of the glassed windows, contains no glass and is partly covered up by a cardboard or wood looking board. Having a broken pattern from the glassless window makes that the area of focus. The viewer tends to shift their focus to the window without the glass because it is different from the rest of the windows. When a viewer sees something different from the rest of the image, they will usually turn their focus in that direction. That can be very useful for the person who is trying to show someone what they want the viewer to look at.
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