Wasteland

"April is the cruelest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers."

- from 'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot

Near-miss

A popular style currently, I know, but this is actually a serious tweaking of Riven rather than the product of a script. I fancy it resembles an artist's impression of a potentially cataclysmic astronomical event.

Courtship

I've always loved these gnarly-style patterns, but hadn't realised they were hidden away in Apophysis... until I came across grinagog's wonderful Coffee curls. A big thanks to him for sharing the technique.

Genesis

Something is forming itself from the rarefied ether...

A stone from far away

Even after cooling from its burning passage through our atmosphere, this strange and beautiful rock still glows like nothing native to the planet.

Rain incendiary

"... but when the shingles hissed
in the rain incendiary,
other values were revealed to us..."

From 'The Walls Do Not Fall' by Hilda Doolittle

Interpenetration

Through and through.

First public use of my gradient splicer (for the insertion of the orange band).

Manifold

"A manifold is an abstract mathematical space in which every point has a neighborhood which resembles Euclidean space, but in which the global structure may be more complicated. In discussing manifolds, the idea of dimension is important. For example, lines are one-dimensional, and planes two-dimensional."

- Wikipedia

Candelabrum

Fashioned from the fractal forge of a master, this infinitely ornate candelabrum would grace any "Oh no, it's the singularity!" party table ;)

Wicker world

Crazy coaster collage resulting from a long overdue revisit to the lazysusan variation.

Sanctum sanctorum

"... and it is rumoured that deep within that ancient subterranean temple complex, a sect of wizards and technoshamans have gained access to the sanctum sanctorum and there established a permanent walk-through portal to the twisted multidimensionality that underlies our physical existence."

Finally, I have discovered the foundation of the technique that seems to be gently proliferating.

Undersea exploration (diptych)

Left panel: Bathysphere
Right panel: Ray school

Continuing the series of natural diptychs, this time with a distinctly submarine theme.

#1: [LINK]

Sonata for fractalklavierchord

The Bach work that was waiting for the instrument to be constructed. Of course, such a thing can only exist in cyberspace. And no two hearings are ever the same.

Marbled Sierpinski

Despite a persistent creative block, I managed to find this fresh twist to one of the great fractal icons.

Illuminati tablet

Ancient piece of stonework discovered somewhere close to the Caspian Sea, demonstrating the venerable duration of the Illuminati lineage. The curious markings are thought to originate from the application of some kind of key. Such a device has not yet been found, although rumours concerning its whereabouts abound in underground Occult circles, as do conjectures relating to what will happen, should the thing be found and applied. Permission to forcibly excavate the tablet is expressly denied. A band of prospectors once attempted to remove the tablet under cover of darkness. The condition of their remains, discovered the next morning, has never been divulged publicly in any detail, but the incident has served to maintain a natural security around this fascinating artifact.