Form

indicating a three dimensional object in either 3 or 2 dimensions.

To form an idea and give physical form to them!

The solution an artist gives to portraying her/his message through their unique way of seeing and forming a work.

See

Nancy Bowen
http://www.nancybowen.net/pages/formstudies.html

Kandinksy
http://www.glyphs.com/art/kandinsky/

On the Spiritual in Art, 1911 The Sounds of Colors: Kandinsky argued that color, like sound, evokes emotions. Along with other formal elements, such as line, shape, and form, color (like music) is a language that communicates to all.
"hungry souls go hungry away"

Art+Com
The Invisible Shape of Things Past
see films one two
http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acprojects&page=6&id=26&Itemid=144&details=0&lang=en