ordered chaos, consciousness
"Chaos Theory" seems to be a misnomer, since it is abut finding underlying order in apparently random data.
Life is the same. Everything is pattern. Nothing really is random. For example, in my 20s, I would complain about how things "happen" to me or maybe I just didn't have certain luck like some people do. Then, the older I get, the more I see that the reason the same kind of things always "happen" to me is because of my pattern of thinking/way of being.
Fractals as patterns of complex systems
Found this article that relates patterns in fractal and music.
The interesting thing is that the seemingly complex fractals are actually based on fairly simple math formulas. It is the iterative pattern that made them look complex.
Reminded me of jazz music. Before, when I listened to jazz musician improvise, I was always surprised by what they could do spontaneously, thne I tlaked to musicians who told me how jazz musicians often know music theory well, and often they are just doing variations of a certain scale or chord progressions. Again, patterns!
cool experiment
Looking at myself in a fork and see the distort image flip...I haven't looked at myself this closely in a long time. Reminded me of these self-portraits in spoons we had to do in drawing classes.
Interesting article on fractals and musics. I too thought music was more spontaneous, but clearly it is a pattern!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your comments in class, Donna. Lots of great stories and anecdotes from your experience straddling two cultures!