Let's give it up for Rob Paravonian. That's some funny shizz-el!

My husband and I went to the Flint Institute of Arts last week and saw a really cool sculpture hanging on the wall by artist, Larry Kagan. It appeared to be just a bunch of chaotic twisted metal pieces welded together, but it was casting a shadow on the wall in the shape of a perfect box! We came home and looked him up online. I find his artwork fascinating in that there is more than meets the eye, form from chaos, the familiar derived from the abstract. You'll want to check out his gallery to see the variety of objects he has cast in lines of shadow.

"I found out that I could make continuous forms out of discontinuous kinds of steel elements; I found that I could make whole and complete forms out of pieces of steel that looked like they were flying every which way away from a center. It's amazing, because what I discovered was, I mean, in retrospect obvious, was that the shadow isn't just a line on the wall, but it's really a volume in space..." - Object/Shadows: The Work of Larry Kagan

Watch a short movie of Kagan discussing his work and see him at work in his studio.

The Korean Free Hugs movement:

Eric Bigas has posted a collection of 18 cool fractal animations online for those who are interested. Mesmerizing and fun, these animations show only a portion of the depths of infinity.

More Animated Fractals:
The Ultimate Fractal Video Project
Jock Cooper's Fractal Animations
www.fractalmovies.com



"If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is, infinite." -William Blake

Hey, check out these instructions on how to create cool 3D paper snowflake decorations hosted over at WikiHow.



P.S.
Happy birthday, Sexy. You know who you are.

These fractal origami models were folded and photographed by Michał Kosmulski. Shown on the left is the Sierpinski Tetrahedron. You can see many more examples of balls, polyhedra, intersecting planes and the like at the Modular Origami homepage.

I'm sure you'll recognize the Escher reference. I loves it!

(I'm officially on vacation. I'll post when I can.)