Tag Archives: art

Kites and Darts

Posted on 26 June 2017 by Xander

My wife and I just bought a house. As part of the move, I decided to give our daughter’s room a more interesting paint job. We finally agreed on a Penrose tiling in purple and pink. It turned out rather … Continue reading →

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Fractal Music(?)

Posted on 21 August 2014 by Xander

In the past, I have treated fractals visually. For instance, in my treatment of the Mandelbrot set, I chose points in the complex plane to represent pixels in an image, applied the iterative function \(z_{n+1} = z_{n}^2 + z_0\) to … Continue reading →

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MMM LXXII

Posted on 9 June 2014 by Xander
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MMM LXXI

Posted on 2 June 2014 by Xander
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LEGO Fractals

Posted on 16 April 2014 by Xander

My daughter has recently started playing with DUPLO blocks pretty consistently, which has me thinking about LEGO—the toy of my youth (and hopefully her’s in a couple of years, too!). In some ways, LEGO is an ideal medium for exploring … Continue reading →

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MMM LXX

Posted on 29 July 2013 by Xander
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MMM LXIX

Posted on 22 July 2013 by Xander
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MMM LXVIII

Posted on 15 July 2013 by Xander
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MMM LXVI

Posted on 4 March 2013 by Xander
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MMM LXV

Posted on 3 September 2012 by Xander
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