Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

With today's image we return to the Mystic2 formula, a formula I have not used in several years.   When used in the normal manner, with the inside set to a flat color, this formula draws nothing but empty circles of radius 1.   When an active inside fill is used however, such as the 'bof61' of today's image, this formula fills the empty circle with designs and patterns of the most unpredictable nature.   The user-defined function included in the formula simply increases the unpredictability.

I named today's image "Electric Discharge" (#2).   The zig-zag white streaks, which resemble stylized lightning bolts, inspired the name.   The rating of a 5 indicates that I consider the image to be an average one.   The render time of just over one minute on my 10-year-old machine is fast enough for all but the most impatient.   Those with one of the new-fangled Fractint-challenged computers may need to download the image from the FOTD web site at:
When I was a child, still in my wonder years, I wondered what electricity is.   Now that I am a full-fledged grown-up, I see that no one knows exactly what it is.   It's energy, sure enough, and energy is the ability to do useful work, but somehow this does not seem to answer the question of what it actually *is*.

Clouds and a chilly temperature of 59F 15C kept the fractal cats within dashing distance of the porch all afternoon Friday.   But nothing happened to make them dash.   They ended the afternoon with their noses in their food dishes.   Today is starting rainy, with showers expected for most of the day.   The duo will not like this.   For me, it's a moderate amount of work before I can get to the fractals.   Tomorrow is a new day, a new month, and a new fractal.   Until then, take care, and be sensible but don't be a slave to common sense.


Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com

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frm:Mystic2 {; Jim Muth
  a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2),
  d=imag(p2), k=real(p3), f=imag(p3),
  g=pixel, z=(pixel)^a+(b*(pixel))^c:
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  g=sqr(g),
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