; Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:25:06 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 22-11-02 (Forever Amber [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021122092708.29df8a42@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- November 22, 2002 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I've seen the topic of the nature of color being tossed around ; on the Fractint list lately. One of the questions being ; discussed is whether the sensation one person experiences when ; he observes red is identical to the sensation someone else ; experiences when he observes the same bundle of wave lengths. ; ; When I ponder this question, the topic of artistic painting (and ; fractals) comes immediately to mind. Different people always ; have different opinions of the same work of art (or the same ; fractal). Could this be because they actually experience the ; colors differently? The sensation that is red to one person ; might appear as blue to another person, (though he would ; consider it red), while to a third person, the first person's ; sensation of red might be totally unknown. ; ; Perhaps different people actually experience the same work of ; visual art in different ways, and what is pleasing to one person ; is truly disgusting to another. There is an old saying that ; goes, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". This might be ; more true than we realize. And could the same thing also be ; true of the non-visual arts such as music and literature? ; ; Another question also comes to mind, this one also of a philo- ; sophical nature. Since the sensation of colors we see in the ; world around us does not appear until the information from ; without reaches the mind, what do the actual external objects ; actually look like? We cannot say they look like a black-and- ; white photograph, since shades of gray are also color sensations ; that arise in the mind. We can only dismiss the question as a ; meaningless waste of energy, saying that the actual shades and ; colors of the outer world is an abstract something that we can ; never know, and try to be satisfied with the non-answer. It is ; far more convenient to project the inner sensation of color onto ; the outer world and consider color to be an objective reality. ; But I can never forget that by doing this we are merely fooling ; ourselves. ; ; Today's fractal rates a 6, and that's in my opinion. I enjoy ; the color amber. Someone who does not enjoy amber might ; experience amber as puce, and rate the image at only a 3. ; ; The scene is located once again in the giant claw fractal, this ; time just beyond the shoreline of the largest bud in the nascent ; Mandeloid near the hinge of the claw. I have named the image ; "Forever Amber", not after a naughty novel that appeared about a ; half-century ago, but because of the intensely amber network of ; intertwined filaments surrounding the central midget. ; ; With a render time of a little under 6 minutes, the parameter ; file is a bit slow. The more efficient way of viewing the image ; is to download it from the web site of Paul at: ; ; ; ; or from Scott's site at: ; ; ; ; Heavy clouds and occasional light sprinkles of rain kept things ; too wet for the dynamic cat duo Thursday. The temperature of ; 45F 7C failed to help things. As a result, the duo became ; sulky, and needed several treats to restore their spirits. ; ; Today is starting foggy and wet, promising to be little better. ; I have a bit of work to accomplish before I can think of what ; kind of treat to give the duo. Until tomorrow, take care, and ; make a fractal an every-day event. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Forever_Amber { ; time=0:05:45.97--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.646005109183255/-1.024109885037379/2\ 00315.8/1/-115/-1.27002054012281818e-009 params=0.\ 18/-1.5/-0.93/1.8/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 logmap=105 periodicity=10 colors=0001mP9fQI`SPTTTOTTGVT9XP3aR0_Q0_R0XP0TK0SK\ 0PK0MJ0LA1I33G96ID9IIAIMDJQGJVIJ_LJdOLiPLmTLsWLxZM\ zaMzeMzhMzfJzdIzbFz_DyZAxX9vV7sT4rS3oS0mQ0jP0iO0gO\ 0cS1_X9X`ISdPOiYLmdOl_QlTSjPVjJXjF`fCccAf`9iY7lT4o\ Q3rO1uL0xI0zD0zA0z70z40z10z61p9CfCMXFXLJgAMr0Pz0Sz\ 0Pz0Oz0Lz0Jz0Gz0Fz0Cz0Az07z06z03z01z00u00m00g00`00\ V01_03c06g37j69o9CsCDxDFzALx7Pv4Tu1Ys0cp0go0lm0pl0\ rj0sj0uj0vj0xj0yi0zi0zi0zi0zi0zg0zg0zg0zg0zg0zg0zc\ 1z_7zVDzQIyOOxJTuF_sAdp6io3ol0uj0zg0zf0zg0vg0rg0mg\ 0jg1fg4ag7YiATiDQiGMiJIiMDiPAiS9jV7jY7j`6lc6lf4li4\ ml3mo3mr1ou1ox0oz0oz4mx7muAmrDmoGmlLlgOldQlaTl_XlX\ _lTVg_QddMajI_pDXv9Tz4Qz0Oz6QzATzGXzLYzQ`zVcz`fzdg\ zjjyomxupvyruvuxsvypxzmyzjzzgzzdzzazz_zzXzzTzzazzj\ zzrzzzzzzzzszyfziSzVFzF1z04z46z79zAAzDCzGFzJGzMJzP\ LzSMzVPzYQz`SzcYzVczMizDmz4jzFgzOfzYczfazoYzgTzaPz\ VLzPGzJFzOAzO6zO1zO0zO0zO } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;