Monthly Archives: January 2008

Odds and Ends

Ah, back to blogging after some wandering in RL wilderness.

The holidays nearly did me in. Although anti-depressants are currently weathering a storm of debunkers, their alleged restorative process might be an appropriate metaphor. Getting through the Yuletide Ho Ho Ho-ing took some uptaking. But recovery from Christmassacre required serious re-uptaking.
Halloween. Now that’s my idea of

Beware of the Anti-Fractal

I know this will probably crack some folks up at first, but bear with me as I tell you about something that came to mind just recently while browsing the big page of “winners” at the 2007 Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest site.
First, let me draw your attention to the “anti-” thing. I am

Words in the Ice

Algorithmic Art (art made by machines) is a lot like digital frost.
I think almost every photography book has a picture of frost on a window pane. Frost is a mechanical process and is quite well understood but the imagery it produces never seems to lose it’s allure.
There’s no Jack Frost or any deliberating influence

Journey to Mercury

In the spirit of Sindbad, I went on a voyage and just recently, returned. It was a digital voyage. Not really a voyage I guess, but I left where I was and out of curiosity went somewhere different and then here I am again.
I journeyed to the edges of minimalist window managers and

It’s Here

technorati tags: digital art | algorithmic art | click art | clickism | illustration | vernissage | photoshop filters

Planes, Birds and Fish

Back in the early 90’s, I went through a 3 year phase when I wanted to become an airplane pilot. In addition to taking flight training in Ontario, Canada (where I live) I also “studied” in Phoenix, Arizona and Hoxie, Kansas where I took some cropdusting lessons.
During this time I became acquainted with some