Fractalled

Image via Wikipedia

"What suddenly inspired you to plunge into graphical representations of mathematical functions?" is what I asked Fallen when he was delving into Fractal art. The irony was that he in turn inspired me.

"Fractal" is a term coined by mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot which for all layman practical purposes mean a rough geometric figure that repeats its structure as you zoom more and more into it. You really wont get what this means until you actually generate one and see the "infinite" detail in a fractal. The best descriptions I've seen about Fractals was in Arthur C. Clarke's novel "The Ghost from the Grand Banks" which incidentally included insanity due to Fractals. So if you want more details go read that or Wikipedia or some other Fractal related book.

As for me I intend to keep indulging in these, and here's the previews of first 4 , hence the crap quality. Click on them to see the full proper image. If you're interested get on my twitpic rss feed so you'll keep getting these =D

Enjoy

flowers in chaos

adolescent lotus

female revisted

Black Dahlia