tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919220800578353201.post2617293514249153648..comments2023-10-07T09:12:36.644-06:00Comments on Escape to Infinity: Stranger to the Truth? or Photo of the Week 22Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01420068288649395701noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919220800578353201.post-88915775823414866162009-07-03T14:59:05.726-06:002009-07-03T14:59:05.726-06:00In re: you comments:
"...I have problems wit...In re: you comments:<br /><br />"...I have problems with inept attempts to make political statements with art that isn't suitable for political statements.<br /><br />...Had they been more abstract, they wouldn't have worked any better than any other attempt I've seen at using fractal art to make a political or social comment..."<br /><br /><br />These comments uncomfortably seem to substantiate what I have heard from non-math inclined observers who state that fractals are pretty pictures of absolutely nothing at all. What value is there in making pictures of nothing? What are fractals suited to represent?<br /><br />I remember visiting the Museum of Natural History in Chicago many years ago and walking through a warehouse-sized room consisting of butterfly collections. Collecting butterflies was a favorite hobby as a child but seeing that huge collection changed my entire thinking about it. Millions of butterflies pinned to boards inside glass-fronted wooden boxes seemed to be a direct affront to their individual beauty. Their deaths seemed to have been redundant and in vain, and such a waste. No one could possibly see and appreciate all of them; how many butterflies can one possibly look at without becoming bored? Sometimes, fractals stir similar feelings for me. How much "nothing" can one stand? How much meaning can "nothing" hold? If fractal art has no meaning, can it have any value whatsoever?<br /><br />Perhaps the correct answer to the question to, "What is a fractal?" might be, "Fractals are a representation of math, period." If this is true, then perhaps fractals have little future outside the math community.<br /><br />So, my question is: what do fractals mean? What do they represent? My grandfather was a math wizard and he stated that math can explain/describe anything. So, what are fractals describing and/or explaing? I have wondered about this for years now.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625150117096497285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919220800578353201.post-90692786787461364592009-06-06T13:55:08.934-06:002009-06-06T13:55:08.934-06:00Toby,
I'm sure they know the definition, they...Toby,<br /><br />I'm sure they know the definition, they are just pretending to be obtuse. <br /><br />I'm kind of surprised Tina responded to their questions. I don't think the questions are serious. I think they are just intended to present the appearance of being concerned about the calendar. I doubt the answers will stop the complaints.<br /><br />The OT authors are very much like your political extremists. They have an ideological view, and facts that challenge that view or expose it to be wrong don't matter. The ideology is what is important, not the facts.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420068288649395701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919220800578353201.post-36516304438167783242009-06-04T11:26:05.707-06:002009-06-04T11:26:05.707-06:00muck·rake
intr.v. muck·raked, muck·rak·ing, muck...muck·rake <br />intr.v. muck·raked, muck·rak·ing, muck·rakes<br />To search for and expose misconduct in public life.<br /><br />It sells, whether true or not. Just ask the National Enquirer, Star Magazine or The Mirror. "Aliens dressed like Elvis ate my baby". "Hackers can turn your home computer into a bomb and blow your family to smithereens!" "Will there be a 2011 Fractal Universe Calendar?"<br /><br />Heady stuff...<br /><br />Tobykymartohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584840229382328758noreply@blogger.com