Implications of Fractals

Written & Illustrated by Laura Maaske, MSc.BMC, Medical Illustrator & Medical Animator| e-Textbook Designer

I was thinking about this quote:

“Primary experiences describe the general shape of not zooming into a fractal, but rather, zooming out of a fractal, with original experiences feeling more distant, yet ever layered into the wider and wider experiences which come.” –Christopher Vita

If experience is like zooming out from a fractal, then perhaps any body of knowledge offers a similar gathering momentum. It begins at the limbs with the collection of small bits of information. Those bits gather into larger and more solid structure.

This NOVA documentary reveals how fractal patterns can be used to predict nature:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmxJ1KDR_s0

January 15, 2011

Laura Maaske, MSc.BMC, Medical Illustrator & Medical Animator| e-Textbook Designer