chance as a design tool

as you know, i love using chance as a compositional tool. and i also love a good experiment. so today i made two photos using the same pile of strawflowers. one was made by closing my eyes, and using my left (non-dominant) hand to place the flowers randomly on my white background. the other was made intentionally—loosely grouping by color and arranging the flowers as a gradient spill down the page. interestingly enough, this time i preferred the blind composition (this one) best.

strawflowers in september (Xerochrysum bracteatum)