When Robert Oppenheimer witnessed the first nuclear explosion, a project which he personally managed, he apparently said, “I am become Death, the destoyer of worlds”.
When I first tried out this photoshop filter, I said, along the same lines, “I am become Klimt”. I didn’t say it out loud, just like Oppenheimer, I suppose, didn’t …
After all, every picture is a history of love and hatewhen read from the appropriate angle.–Leopoldo Salas-Nicanor, Espejo de las artes, 1731
I’ve been spending time lately with an interesting book — drinking in one chapter at a time some nights just before turning in for sleep.
Reading Pictures by Alberto Manguel explores the various ways human …
There are the few that are Great, and there are the many that are Little.
The Great are classics, or well on their way. Everyone knows them. They have a following. They have names. They get stolen.
The Little are sparks. Bright, in a tiny way. A glowing grain of sand.
The …
The smaller you look, the larger you see.
There are two modes I apply when working with fractals or graphic software in general. One is to keep a close eye on what does what, and when I find a good combination of effects, write down the sequence like a script: scripting mode. In …
Why did the fractal cross the road?
To travel back in time?
Compare this image:
The familiar Mandelbrot Set form.
With this image:
An Ottoman illustration of the sacrifice of Ismael (1583).
The resemblance should not be a surprise. We’ve all seen fractal forms embedded in nature — trees, river currents, lightning, cauliflower, cacti. These forms are …
