Fractals.

I came across the word "fractal" when I was reading Healing Spaces by Esther Sternberg. She states that fractals are "intrinsically satisfying to the human mind."

"Whether gothic cathedrals or Hokusai waves, our mind responds to the complex, repetitive, increasing- decreasing patterns, freed from rigid boundaries of scale, the mind can move inward or outward, up or down, at will."  - Ester Sternberg

What is a fractal?

"A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over in an ongoing feedback loop. Driven by recursion, fractals are images of dynamic systems – the pictures of Chaos. Geometrically, they exist in between our familiar dimensions. Fractal patterns are extremely familiar, since nature is full of fractals. For instance: trees, rivers, coastlines, mountains, clouds, seashells, hurricanes, etc. Abstract fractals – such as the Mandelbrot Set – can be generated by a computer calculating a simple equation over and over." - Fractal Foundation.Org


Note: The fractals above are created using the method of twisting and turning.The illustrations were done using fractalfoundation.org.