Framing Pictures

this picture has the subject to the left of the frame, and she is surrounded by the bars on both sides of her, and the treehouse floor above her. the tree to the right of her also helps focus your attention to her.

the steps of the ladder as well as the siding of the ladder help to narrow down the focus to just where she is standing. there isn't much else to focus on, just the girl surrounded by the steps.

this frames the girl to the left of center, and has the wood pieces below and to the right of her. The tree in the background also helps direct your attention to her.

with the subject off center to the left and the tree house surrounding her, your eye focuses to the middle piece of wood, and then to Devin sitting off to the side, framing her within a frame.

with the fence out of focus, your eye narrows to between the two pieces, to the girl laughing off center to the left.

the center of this frame would be the middle of the tree, but since there isnt much to focus in on, it directs your attention to both faces, the one on the bottom left and the one on the top right.

the center of this picture is the house in the background, which is out of focus to direct your attention to the girls sitting side by side, on opposite sides of the frame.

the bar in the middle and the girl out of focus in the background directs your attention to both girls standing looking at each other.

with her arms being the middle of the frame, your eye follows them to the girl to the right, who is swinging on a tree.

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Fate Vs. Free Will

Fate vs. free will are concepts that everyone deals with in their daily life. Was an event that just happened fate? Or a long string of coincidences? In a lot of cases, I think it's more of a coincidence than fate. I am a strong believer that everything happens for a reason, but it's not fate that it happened. It happens, because that's life. Going through life, everything isn't necessarily a coincidence. Things happen based on past experiences, and actions you take help create your future. I do think that everyone is, for the most part, in control of themselves and their futures, and your future is created based on past experiences and what you have done to work up to what will happen next, though obviously many details of your future aren't known ahead of time, and can not be determined. 

Everyone, however, is not in control of other people's lives, and since generally people cross paths and intersect with other people, some things become out of your control. For example, if you leave your house 2 minutes late, and end up missing the train you normally catch, and that train ends up crashing, that is clearly out of your control. But it is out of your control, because that is laid in the hands of other people. Is it fate? Fate is described as "The development of events outside a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power" and while i certainly agree that many things become out of one's control, a supernatural controlling it keeps me skeptical. I think that leaving your house a few minutes late is more luck than fate, and like said before, everything happens for a reason, but fate doesn't control that. 

At the end of Oedipus, it is realized that Apollo ordained Oedipus's destiny, but it was his own choice to damage his sight. I think that there is a little bit of self control in everyone's future, and your life is more a string of coincidences, and everything just happens for a reason, rather than fate.