Hiding In The Jungle

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Hiding in the Jungle

What hides in the jungle? Where do the wildcats go? No one knows for sure. They walk on invisible paths, following trails of ghosts and come together at a clearing where the robot queen lingers half asleep, half covered in moss and rust, with her heavy heart plugged deep underground, pulsating in tune with the heartbeats of the earth.

During the day, the wildcats come bearing gifts: rats and monkeys and things yet the robot queen remains silent with her only eye fixed in space, dreaming of empty red landscapes of dust from a planet far away which has exploded and disappeared long ago, along with her home.

At night, battle scarred from their hissing contests, the wildcats come to rest and to serenade at her feet, purring songs of praise and songs of longing and once or twice the robot queen sighs in her slumber, to the delight of all the jungle...

Hiding in the Jungle, 11.05.2018

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Fractal Fiction

This is the first on my #fractalfiction series which will combine fractal art with very short stories under the same post. This time, the fractals inspired the story, but the inverse may also happen. I think it will be fun, and it will force me to write more as I plan to have at least a daily post on it...

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Process

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From the raw fractal starting point above which contained the seed of the idea for the jungle, to the finished composition below, many added layers of fractals in between.

I've had happy accidents tweaking the formulas lately and the past few days have generated wonderful images. I'm quickly running out of space on my 100gb harddrive...

Created with Sterling2 and Gimp.

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