The Fractal Geometry and Artistry of Nature (Shinrin-Yoku)

Come explore the fractal geometry of autumn leaves in the fall, of the forests all around us, of the artistry of the stars above, and even the mathematics behind the flowers all around you.

Top-Left: Raw split-elliptic fractal detailing the growth and vein structure of leaves. Bottom: Admixture of fallen autumn leaves with the same fractal to show their connection in a fractal I call "Heart of Autumn" (Redbubble).

Today, we're celebrating our new donor: the founder and lead realtor of Maui Dream Properties, the one and only Jonathan Yudis (known to some as "Cosmic Cowboy"). Thank you for donating to The Fractal Museum here on Fundly, you're the best!

Left: Pine trees formed from the spherical method of fractals used in my crowd favorite "Spring Pines" (Redbubble). Right: Photo of Douglas Fur trees by Adrian.

Humans are, as far as we've discovered, the only creature on our planet who intentionally plant trees and take watch over them. We've gone far in the methods that we use, and the planet desperately needs more of them. However, even our current methods amount to rolling dice and hoping that the trees will grow and survive.

In thanks to research from Brian Enquist (Twitter) -- in partner with the University of Arizona and the government of Chile -- we've been able to use fractal geometry to determine the size and shape of an entire forest simply by observing a single tree. This same discovery is -- even now -- leading us to the realization that the same fractal geometry can be used to tell us where to plant young trees and in places where they will grow naturally according to the underlying pattern and rhythm of the forest itself.

Top-Left: A field of stars entirely generated by one single raw fractal. Top-Right: Hubble Telescope's high-resolution capture of stars in the Milky Way. Bottom: Orbital maps across time with perturbations from the gravity of other stars, also generated by a single raw fractal -- this last one appears as a part of my fractal known only as "Cosmic Midnight" (Redbubble).

Top-Left: Photo of a spiral cactus. Top-Right: Photo of a barrel cactus in bloom. Bottom: My fusion of the two cacti through the use of Gaston Julia's original fractal equations, a flower that's become known as "Cacti Nova" (Redbubble).

The list is endless. I could just as easily include the cells of the body using many of my own fractals that you've seen, and of course there is the entire gallery of fractal flowers that I and many other artists have created in the visage of Mother Nature. Fractal feathers, the geometry of a bolt of lightning, and even the growth and way that our hair falls from our head. Where Euclid and Newton failed, it was left to fractal geometry to show us the way to get there.

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