Paolo Gibellini wrote:
> I see a dog at the center, some oriental dancers or Samurai, a halberd 
> and.. it remember me somehow an aged and faded carpet...
> Nice work!

Thanks!

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stbenge <stb### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>
> I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this. I wonder if
> you will see something here, even if you're not the type to normally see
> faces in trees and such.

Seated Buddha, right of center.
Fertility goddess with an apron full of fruit, slightly above center.
17th century European queen, left of center.
Another European queen, at 10 o'clock.
European king showing off his dark cape, at 2 o'clock.
Bishop holding the communion wafer over his head, 3 o'clock.
African twin ladies, 5 'oclock.
Twin African princesses, 5:30.
Faces, stained glass windows, and bishops' miters everywhere!

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Cousin Ricky wrote:
> 
> Seated Buddha, right of center.
> Fertility goddess with an apron full of fruit, slightly above center.
> 17th century European queen, left of center.
> Another European queen, at 10 o'clock.
> European king showing off his dark cape, at 2 o'clock.
> Bishop holding the communion wafer over his head, 3 o'clock.
> African twin ladies, 5 'oclock.
> Twin African princesses, 5:30.
> Faces, stained glass windows, and bishops' miters everywhere!
> 

That's why I named it "Kingdom." :) Could my choice for a name have 
influenced what you saw?

Sam

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On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:20:17 -0700, stbenge <stb### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:

>I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this.

I see so many things that I can't say.
It does remind me a little bit of this. I've been trying to find a
particular image in the fractal that I found a few years ago but it is
lost, as I got lost in the image:(
I'll run a series over night and see what I can see.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:20:17 -0700, stbenge <stb### [at] hotmailcom>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this.
> 
> I see so many things that I can't say.
> It does remind me a little bit of this. I've been trying to find a
> particular image in the fractal that I found a few years ago but it is
> lost, as I got lost in the image:(
> I'll run a series over night and see what I can see.

Stephen, that's a huge png file! So large, in fact, that Thunderbird 
crashed trying to open it. My 24kpbs internet connection probably 
doesn't help :( Can you post a jpeg file instead?

Sam

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stbenge wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> First off... sorry, it's not 3D. What you see before you is an on-going 
> project of mine. The goal is to render a field in which endless pictures 
> can be seen. The pictures are made up by your own mind. Therefore, some 
> effort is required to view this image. Not too much effort though! It's 
> best to just gaze calmly, to see what your mind produces.
> 
> The purpose for this? To peer into the subconscious. I believe the 
> subconscious mind is a very creative thing, and that this sort of 
> meditation can help tap into it.
> 
> The effect is achieved by applying a repeat warp (with horizontal 
> mirroring) to a pattern. That pattern is skewed in the x+z direction to 
> vary the effect across a distance, while still maintaining some 
> semblance of symmetry at a local level. That pattern is then copied and 
> added to itself in a function, with different sizes and translations for 
> each instance. A little bit of pigment_mapping is then applied to 
> achieve an aesthetic quality. It is then all placed onto a z-facing 
> plane. It's based (somewhat) on the Rorschach ink blot test.
> 
> I'm interested to know what pictures you guys see in this. I wonder if 
> you will see something here, even if you're not the type to normally see 
> faces in trees and such.
> 
> Sam
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 

It is a compelling image in it's own right.

The idea of course has lots of pedigree
Leonardo, famously, but I expect you knew that:
http://www.mirabilissimeinvenzioni.com/ing_treatiseonpainting_ing.html

I am also reminded of, I think it was Darren New, posting once about 
research into how music stimulates common brain regions in diverse human 
groups.

I had a group of brain researchers in my taxi one night and I mentioned 
that research/book to them.  I mentioned to one how it called up the 
question for me of how someone even recognizes that something is music. 
Surely it was cultural and context-driven.  His reponse was [to the best 
I can recall] that certain research indicated that humans would reacted 
to repeated fragments of sounds in the same way as to music.  But I 
didn't get much detail, the conversation took that turn just as he was 
getting out of the car.

And, now that I am going, wasn't the virus in Snow Crash and visual pattern?

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Jim Charter wrote:
> It is a compelling image in it's own right.
> 
> The idea of course has lots of pedigree
> Leonardo, famously, but I expect you knew that:
> http://www.mirabilissimeinvenzioni.com/ing_treatiseonpainting_ing.html

No, I did not know that! It pretty much strengthens my (not mine, 
evidently) basic theory of utilizing the creative subconscious. Thanks 
for that link!

> I am also reminded of, I think it was Darren New, posting once about 
> research into how music stimulates common brain regions in diverse human 
> groups.
> 
> I had a group of brain researchers in my taxi one night and I mentioned 
> that research/book to them.  I mentioned to one how it called up the 
> question for me of how someone even recognizes that something is music. 
> Surely it was cultural and context-driven.  His reponse was [to the best 
> I can recall] that certain research indicated that humans would reacted 
> to repeated fragments of sounds in the same way as to music.  But I 
> didn't get much detail, the conversation took that turn just as he was 
> getting out of the car.

This reminds me of the time I heard the Frog Chorus. Suddenly the random 
croaking of frogs fit together into a coherent melody.

> And, now that I am going, wasn't the virus in Snow Crash and visual 
> pattern?

What's that? I didn't understand it... :/

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Seeing it like a stereogram I see an angry face...
;-)
Paolo
 >Stephen wrote:

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A dancing derviche!!

Thomas

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