To illustrate, think of an exquisite wall mosaic that is made up of a thousand closely set small pebbles. By stepping back to look at the entire mosaic, one sees that all the carefully placed pebbles together form a pattern, or picture.
उदाहरणार्थ, एका भिंतीवर जवळजवळ एक हजार लहानलहान रंगीत दगडांपासून अतिशय सुंदर नक्षीकाम केले आहे अशी कल्पना करा.