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: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> or from Scott's site at: <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html> 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA 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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================