Pollock and fractals

["daedelus lanthanien" <daedeluslanthanien@zzzzzzzzzzz>]

Hi Norman, Fractals are one of my favorite subjects. Fractals are everywhere
we look if one has an eye for them. It is not surprising that your painters
work seems to be infused with significant order. Every move he made was
trapped in a deffinitive vector to the unwary eye. I would suspect a certain
amount of chaos to emerge within the vector though if one looks close
enough. One cannot overpower the freakish nature of fluid dynamics regarding
chaotic rates attributed to "The Strange Attractor" evolving from mechanical
friction. There are fractals in existance that do not repeat, unlike the
Mandelbrot Set which you are most likely familiar with. If you would like
more insight I would recommend Stephen Wolframs "A New Kind of Science" book
dealing with cellular automata. Stephen offers a program called
"Mathematica" for a fee that allows you to experiment with automata also. A
way to experiment for free with fractals at home can be found by downloading
a Russian program called "Vchira", which generates 2 dimensional fractals.
It has the Mandelbrot set pre-loaded to get you started having fun right
away. There is a pretty good list of variables preloaded also. There are a
ton of other good ones, some are even 3 dimensional generators.

I find fractals in my stone work, carvings, none of them are bland. Even the
most blank Indiana limestone has fascinating swirling fractals that I find
myself staring at in amazement. Forces of chaos frozen in time, beautiful,
unique, and morphing with each pass of the sandpaper. Here are a few links,
I hope a few of you will enjoy this odd subject as much as I do.

http://www.wolfram.com
http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/Fractal_Software.html
http://www.eclectasy.com/Iterations-et-Flarium24/vchira/index.html

Have a blast! daed