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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: the limits
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:06:35 -0500 (EST)
the limits when infinities are called for within the aegis of the digital, there are two possibilities: scatter-shots (sparse 'fit-points' appear in the graphs or calculations) and (fold)-catastrophic jumps connecting scatter-shots with vector lines or sheets. there are various combinations depending on the graphics program. the very act of exploring these monstrous objects through rotation, translation, magnification, etc. produces vibrant and often vibrating morphologies as the program attempts to adjust to the impossible. think of this as a dialog with spontaneous symmetry breaking between the analog (with infinities and the continuum) and digital (with discrete finite outcomes). finally think of this as a monolog of mind attempting to conceive the inconceivable, using finer and finer rasters, with similar and equally 'distanced' results no matter what. http://www.alansondheim.org/xyz1.png http://www.alansondheim.org/xyz2.png http://www.alansondheim.org/xyz3.png http://www.alansondheim.org/xyz4.png http://www.alansondheim.org/xyz5.png http://www.alansondheim.org/xyz6.png http://www.alansondheim.org/xyz7.png http://www.alansondheim.org/xyz8.png