DegenThought, I can assure you of Erik not doing anything randomly in his pictures; actually, the picture he posted has great depth to it. 👍
I'm viewing these on my phone, that could have a lot to do with it.
Still my belief regarding art is that nothing is ever random to the creator, it all comes together purposefully and that is why it was created. Viewers may or may not recognize this purpose, but that is usually of little concern to the artist
I'm a big fan of his recent post in the Artistic Photo thread.
Edit: by the way Sergey that second C7 shot is captivating
The first 7 pic is beautiful.