“See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.”
That Biblical quotation is where the expression, “gilding the lily” comes from. To “gild the lily” is to obscure the natural beauty of …
Moment in Blue by Paul DeCelle
Right now I’m having deja vu and amnesia at the same time.–Steven Wright
Regular OT readers, at least those who haven’t burned out their memory circuits with illegal substances or labored in their studio garrets to produce ten spirals to submit to this year’s suddenly slimmed-down Fractal Universe …
I stumbled on another interesting find over at Flickr.com: Fractal Origami.
fractal by polyscene
Although I’m sure work like this is painstaking and requires considerable skill in the more advanced origami techniques (there’s a special technique involved in making some of these folds), what caught my interest was its artistic appeal. In the hands of a …
I’ve been experiencing hot flashes around the ears lately. I think a round-up of the latest buzz reactions to Orbit Trap might be in order.
Let’s start with Keith MacKay’s most recent exercise in pouting:
It looks like Orbit Trap is taking credit for ridding the Internet of the most recent calendar images. I suppose that …
Disappearing should be an art form, a seductive way of leaving the world. I believe that part of disappearing is to disappear before you die, to disappear before you have run dry, while you still have something to say…–Jean Baudrillard
As Tim noted yesterday, the online images for the 2009 and 2010 editions of the …
Funny, I was Googling something a week ago, and while following a link to the 2009 gallery of winning images for the Fractal Universe Contest I found myself looking at an error page.
These things happen, of course, so I went to the main page and noticed that both the 2009 and 2010 galleries — had …
My apologies to jamfancy, Funny Bunny and tibiloo, but I found this online vignette was just too precious not to share it with the loyal, die-hard, though thick and thin, grassroots supporters of Orbit Trap – the greatest thing since sliced Mandelbrot. (That’s a joke on the German word for “bread”).
Want a link to …
Shield by Tamrof Boynton
Superb minimalism. Careful composition. So lovely.
Dog03 by Cornelia Yoder
Please. Merciful God. Make it stop.
Signal by Earl L. Hinrichs
Coming through clearly for ten years.
Shroomies by Stan Hood
Shroomheads understand why Stan is God.
Bird’s Eye Primrose by Harmen Wiersma
Absence …
“After 85 gazillion fractals, I broke the camera out.”-Manas Dichow on his Flickr site
Egold: “Love this one but it’s pity that yo’ve gone into “fractals” dream.”
Manas Dichow: “egold, Photography isn’t dead yet. Fractals are just a current obsession.”
“It’s amazing to me that this software can continue to produce such a broad range of images. I’ve …
Six Images from The Fractal Universe Calendar 2010
Break out the cheese dip, fractal artists. Your 2010 Fractal Universe Calendar (hereafter known as the FUC) has finally arrived.
You might not have noticed, though. Although there was plenty of publicity earlier this spring calling for submissions in various fractal haunts, the announcement of this year’s …
