; Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:15:20 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 21-01-11 (Fohat-Prana-Kundalini [7.5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20110120201512.1457570e@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- January 21, 2011 (Rating 7.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image returns us to the same pseudo-Mandelbrot set ; parent fractal that held the image of January 8, which is named ; "Elusive Butterfly". But instead of zooming into the main stem ; on the negative X-axis of the parent, I checked the west branch ; of the filament extending from the large period-3 north bud. ; ; I found a tiny minibrot on the filament that is just starting to ; morph from a quadratic into a quintic minibrot. Today's scene ; lies in a patch of the more-rapidly-morphing stuff. ; ; I was ready to name today's image "Butterfly Quintuplets" when ; FL, reading an article about yoga, said something about Kunda- ; lini, one of the three mystical energies. Kundalini is claimed ; to be an energy unknown to science, which normally lies inertly ; at the base of the spine, but sometimes rises during deep medita- ; tion to bring spiritual enlightenment to the properly prepared ; meditator. ; ; There is also another mystical energy unknown to science called ; Prana, which is basically the life energy. Prana, which is some- ; times called 'Chi' brings vitality to the living organism, and ; is the force that is activated during acupuncture. The final ; mystical energy, named Fohat, is nothing more than everyday elec- ; tricity. Fohat is the only mystical energy so far recognized ; and accepted by science. ; ; All this mysticism led me to name today's image "Fohat-Prana- ; Kundalini". But don't expect any kind of enlightenment in the ; image. It's just another fractal, though its rating of a 7-1/2 ; indicates that it is a cut above the average. ; ; Perhaps the most mystifying thing about the image is its calcula- ; tion time of 36 seconds, which is almost magically fast for an ; image of such magnitude. ; ; And even this brief wait may be avoided by surfing to the active ; FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; where the finished image is posted. ; ; The original FOTD web site at. ; ; ; ; still holds thousands of the older FOTD's from before November ; 2010. ; ; Due to the rush, my own web site made no progress today. But be ; patient. Anything worth having is worth waiting for. (But not ; forever.) ; ; Clouds and a temperature of freezing kept things suppressed here ; at Fractal Central on Thursday. The forecast of snow at night ; kept the snow shovels stored in a convenient place. The fractal ; cats never shovel snow, nor do they concern themselves with fore- ; casts. They make the most of things as they are at the present ; moment, and on Thursday the things of the moment kept them on ; their shelf by the heat. ; ; My day was busier than expected. FL had an even busier day on ; her side of the workroom. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 ; hours. Until then, take care, and I am skeptical about Prana ; and Kundalini because I have not actually observed these ener- ; gies, nor has science approved of belief in them. Of course, ; neither have I actually seen the equally mystical energy known ; as Fohat (or electricity), but I have often seen its effects, ; and belief in it is approved by science, so I guess it's all ; right to believe in it. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FohatPranaKundlini { ; time=0:00:36.91-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip logmap=80 center-mag=-0.1346668034193643/+0.9983400168471678\ /3.452841e+012/1/37.5/0 params=5/500000000.0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1250 inside=0 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000zzzzzzzzzzzzzyzzxmzwczuUzsKzqQ0110120231\ 3423534644755865976A86C86D86F86G86I86J86L86M86O86P\ 96R96T96U96W96X96Z97_ABaKGcSLdZNimSqsXwrrrzzzUPoUK\ hUF`UHYUKVUOSzRPzVMzYJzaGzdDzbLz`SzZZkYegXdcWd`WdX\ VdUVzQUzMTzJTzFSzCSzJWzQ_zabLnhPzkVznczqozkfzgbwb`\ nYajVgaRlXNrTLqPIpLGoHCmDAkGEcJHYLLSOOMzSGzVAzfCzz\ DvnCrkBmgBcdAU`9KY9HV8GR7GO7GK6FH5FD5FA4F74J85N95R\ A6VB6ZC7aC7eD7iE8mF8qG9uH9xH9pXJhkTazafsbjlcnfcr_d\ vUduWftXgsYhrZiq_jp`kpbmocnndomeplfqkgrkhshetecub`\ u_ZuYWuVUuSRuPPuNNuORsOUmOXgP`aPcWPfQYb`fZjoVtwSub\ LlIEVMFYPG_THbWHd_IgbJifJliKnmLqpLstMuzzzzNuyOuxPs\ wQpwRmsclpckmck_bI_aHZaHZ`GZ_GZ_FYZFYZEYYEYXDYXDXW\ CXVCXVBXUBWUAWTAYS9_S9aR8cQ8eQ7gP7iP6kO6mN5oN5qM4s\ 6_u8Xw9VxATyBQzCOzDMzEKzGHzHFzIDzJAzK8zL6zFezITzKG\ zUuzUTzUSzURzURzUQzUPzUPzUOzUNzUNzUMzULzULzUKzUKzU\ JzUIzUIzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;