Kikagaku Moyo (Japanese: 幾何学模様 Hepburn: Kikagaku Moyō) are a Japanese psychedelic band from Tokyo. The band’s name translates to “geometric patterns.” A friend invited me to accompany her to the March 10, 2019 show at Fernwood Tavern in…
Frax Fractal Compilation
A short video I made combining several fractals generated with Frax HD on my iPad. These illustrate some of the features of Frax including zoom, lighting, textures, panning, and spinning…
Fractal Art
In mathematics, a fractal is a subset of a Euclidean space for which the Hausdorff dimension strictly exceeds the topological dimension. Here however, we attempt to provide a visual introduction to fractals that does not require any mathematics.
Fractals are infinitely self-similar, iterated, and detailed mathematical constructs having fractional dimension, of which many examples have been formulated and studied in great depth. Fractals are not limited to geometric patterns, but can also describe processes in time. Fractal patterns with various degrees of self-similarity have been rendered or studied in images, structures, sounds, and found in nature, technology, art, architecture and law. Fractals are of particular relevance in the field of chaos theory, since the graphs of most chaotic processes are fractals.
The fractals in this gallery were created by Dr. Ronald Joe Record who holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California. Dr. Record’s research focused on applications of Dynamical Systems Theory, an area of Mathematics popularly known as Chaos Theory.
All photography and digital photo manipulation by Ronald Joe Record, Copyright 2019, all rights reserved.
Mandelbrot | Lyapunov | Iterated | Fractals | Photos |
Capitola Village by the Sea
A photo I took of the beachfront cottages in Capitola, California. This photograph is one in a series of photos I took then digitally enhanced in an attempt to elicit…
Chestnut Street Underpass 2
A photo I took of the railroad underpass off Chestnut Street in downtown Santa Cruz, California. This photograph is one in a series of photos I took then digitally enhanced…
Chestnut Street Underpass 1
A photo I took of the railroad underpass off Chestnut Street in downtown Santa Cruz, California. This photograph is one in a series of photos I took then digitally enhanced…
Santa Cruz Psychedelic Oak Tree
A photo I took of an oak tree on the campus of San Lorenzo Valley High School. Digitally modified the old fashioned way with The GIMP before IG or Snapchat…
Psychedelic Photo Art
The photographs in this series were digitally modified in an effort to elicit a psychedelic perspective of natural phenomena or man-made structures. Most were modified using the GNU Image Manipulation Program, the GIMP.
All photography and digital photo manipulation by Ronald Joe Record, Copyright 2019, all rights reserved.
Mandelbrot | Lyapunov | Iterated | Fractals | Photos |
The Power Trio – Three Piece Wonders
The rise of the power trio in the 1960s was made possible in part by developments in amplifier technology that greatly enhanced the volume of the electric guitar and bass. Particularly, the…
My “I Got A Line On You” Apple Music Playlist
This Apple Music playlist is based on the excellent single “I Got A Line On You” released in 1968 by the Los Angeles based psychedelic rock band Spirit. The song…