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Chapter 5: Leading Lines t ake time to look around, and you'll notice that we live in a world abundant in geometry. Everywhere you turn, lines are on display in all forms and sizes-- straight, curved, diagonal, vertical, horizontal, and even zigzag. And sometimes, if you look closely, you'll discover linear arrangements of objects that form implied lines. Whether real or connectors between one part of a composition and another. This ability makes them powerful tools that, when strategically incorporated, are capable of delivering the viewer's eye to the main subject with precision and grace. Some lines are as obvious and permanent as a mountain against the sky. Others are subtle and ephemeral. They