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Back in the days when computers were as big as a suitcase and as slow as a corporate giant's tax return, there used to be a little programme you could buy which would generate Mandelbrot Sets. These were a kind of infinite pattern, where you could keep on zooming in and revealing patterns within patterns, detail within detail. They had an almost natural feel to them; like coastlines pictured from space or the growth of bark on a pine tree. I was reminded of all this yesterday as Amy and I were walking through the Crematorium and I picked up a leaf from the ground. Like a Mandelbrot Set something as simple as a half-chewed leaf can, with the aid of a half-decent scanner, allow you to seek patterns within patterns, detail within detail.
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Nice! And I think there are still fractal programs available; I'll have to check all my bookmarked freeware/shareware download sites. But Mama Gaia does a much better job of generating fractal sets than a mere computer program!
ReplyDeleteThis is the kind of thing that makes my heart go pitty-pat: patterns, and patterns within patterns, and any post that has this phrase: "As Amy and I were walking through the crematorium..."
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ReplyDeleteLike Roy, fractals came to mind. The thing is I don't get fractals but there is something to the theory that touches me as being a bit of truth, and when I see patterns like this now, I think ah, fractals.
ReplyDeleteI know nothing about fractal programs. But leaves..yes! And I can see why that one caught your eye. But come on, fess up now...you really though it was a slice of swiss cheese, didn't you? haha.
ReplyDeleteCool how the chewed up leaf looks in great detail. It boggles my mind how many cells are contained in a leaf and the patterns those cells make.
ReplyDeleteGreat shoots, thanks!
ReplyDeleteSo many people restrict the use of their scanners to photographs and documents, Alan. Now they can see what they've been missing!
ReplyDeleteThat really looks incredible. Too bad our human vision has limitations and we nedd to use ways to enlarge this.
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