also to be found many places in the natural world. things like the human body. the universe, sound and plant life to name a few

billy

Quote - > Quote - There' s no beating the rule of thirds.  There's something about that number--3.

Oh, I can beat cha at that un. ;)

Try the 'rule of 1:1.618' (otherwise known as the Golden Ratio, Golden Rectangle, Golden Section, Golden Mean, Golden Proportion, Divine Proportion).  Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Durer, Rafael, and other masters used it.  It is related to Fibonacci numbers, spirals, architectural design (Egyptian and Greek, for instance). It is probably one of the most used and longest standing uses of space for design and aesthetics in human history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rectangle

Now, it does have relation to the 'rule of thirds' (or the other way round, actually), but it far exceeds that basic application in how far it is taken (square-golden-rectangle spatial subdivisions, proportions, spiral flow form, and so on).