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The practice of the ancient art of [[divination]] may suggest a deliberate practice of cultivating form constant imagery and using [[Intuition (knowledge)|intuition]] and/or imagination to derive some meaning from transient visual phenomena.

[[Psychedelic art]], inspired at least in part by experiences with psychedelic substances, frequently includes repetitive abstract forms and patterns such as [[tessellation]], [[Moiré pattern]]s or patterns similar to those created by [[paper marbling]], and, in later years, [[fractal]]s. The [[op art]] genre of visual art created art using bold imagery very like that of form constants.

In [[electroacoustic music]], Matthew Edward Hall has explored the use of altered states of consciousness as a basis for the design of musical compositions. His work bases the design of sonic materials on typical features of hallucinatory states, and organises them according to hallucinatory narratives. As part of this work, form constants feature prominently as a basis for the design of psychedelic sonic and visual material.