TED Talk Thursday – Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness

According to TEDTalks: “At TED2010, mathematics legend Benoit Mandelbrot develops a theme he first discussed at TED in 1984 — the extreme complexity of roughness, and the way that fractal math can find order within patterns that seem unknowably complicated.”

“Studying complex dynamics in the 1970s, Benoit Mandelbrot had a key insight about a particular set of mathematical objects: that these self-similar structures with infinitely repeating complexities were not just curiosities, as they’d been considered since the turn of the century, but were in fact a key to explaining non-smooth objects and complex data sets — which make up, let’s face it, quite a lot of the world. Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal” to describe these objects, and set about sharing his insight with the world.”

Enjoy.

For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!

Mandala Monday – Flower of Life Mandalas Part 4

I hope you have enjoyed the new Flower of Life Mandalas that I have share with you in the last few weeks. If you missed them, I invite you to view them all, as well as the article on Flower of Life Symbolism but David Weitzman.

This week we have the fourth and final set. Enjoy!

 

Flower of Life Mandala 16

Flower of Life Mandala 16

 

Flower of Life Mandala 17

Flower of Life Mandala 17

 

Flower of Life Mandala 18

Flower of Life Mandala 18

 

Flower of Life Mandala 19

Flower of Life Mandala 19

 

Flower of Life Mandala 20

Flower of Life Mandala 20

 

Enjoy, and please feel free to share!

Purchase Prints, Canvases, and gift items made from these Flower of Life Mandalas at New World Creations’ Zazzle Store

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!

Mandala Monday – Flower of Life Mandalas Part 3

After learning a little about the Flower of Life symbol in last week’s post, I return this week to unveiling more of the new Flower of Life Mandalas. Enjoy!

 

Flower of Life Mandala 11

Flower of Life Mandala 11

 

Flower of Life Mandala 12

Flower of Life Mandala 12

 

Flower of Life Mandala 13

Flower of Life Mandala 13

 

Flower of Life Mandala 14

Flower of Life Mandala 14

 

Flower of Life Mandala 15

Flower of Life Mandala 15

 

Enjoy, and please feel free to share!

Purchase Prints, Canvases, and gift items made from these Flower of Life Mandalas at New World Creations’ Zazzle Store

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!