We, as humans, are incapable of going through a day without any movement. Even as we sleep, we turn. Even if it were possible to be motionless, the world around us would continue to turn & change.
But what does this have to do with design? Our belongings don't "move"! What about in art? Harry Potter's media moved, but I haven't discovered how to get to Hogwarts, let me know if you do! Motion can be created, or re-created, if you will. Thinking about line, we see the cropped photo of the soccer player with his outstretched leg, kicking the ball. We see movement in that picture, do we not? In addition to seeing the movement we also "feel" it, in process known as kinesthitic empathy. We re-create, unconsciously, the movement we see, we "feel" it in our muscles. This is also referred to as Anticipated Motion.
There are many ways to achieve this in design and art. Along with the cropped figure, aforementioned, the figure would have blurred edges, too, creating movement. Here are a few more examples on how to create movement:
Repeated Figure:
A technique of repeating the same figure(s) in different positions to create the feeling of movement.
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| http://kimhunter.ca/murals.htm 2012 Kim Hunter
Lines of Force:
Lines that add strong visual emphasis, and that suggest movement.
 
http://design.org/tags/installation-design Peter Kogler November 15, 2011
Anticipated Motion:
Seeing & feeling the movement, due to past experience with the motion.
 
Hyunjin Seo of KamKam, a group based in Seoul, South Korea 2012
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