The term kissing is used to describe two or more objects in a painting whose edges are tangent to one another (that is, touch each other without overlapping). Kissing creates weakly connected shapes and negative spaces which distract the viewer from the intended center of interest. Unintended tangencies force viewers to spend time rationalizing the oddity in what they see, or it leaves them unsettled.
Tangents are also created when the edge of a shape kisses the edge of the painting, or when the edge of one shape aligns with or continues with the edge of another. The solution in all these cases is to overlap the shapes or to put more distance between them.
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