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gallery «
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exhibit one |
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To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.
~ Lao Tzu ~
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"simplicity of life"
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"in the rain"
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"the four blue buddhas"
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"yin + yang"
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"lotus buddha"
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exhibit two |
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Physical concepts
are free creations of the human mind,
and are not, however it may seem,
uniquely determined by the external world.
~ Einstein ~
All such notions as causation,
succession, atoms, primary elements...
are all figments of the imagination
and manifestations of the mind.
~ Buddha ~
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"buddha at midnight"
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"in the bamboo forest"
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"twin buddhas"
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"buddhaflys"
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"by the red bamboo"
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details «
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waking buddha-mind
evolved out of an experiment
in repeatedly layering images
onto the canvas.
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1: progressive layering of canvas images
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My initial experiments were with
an image of the goddess Lakshmi,
painted repeatedly with differing
placement algorithms, and variations
in tint, opacity and plane translation,
as seen in the first two images below.
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2: initial experiments
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I then decided to replace the image
of Lakshmi with a palette of images
that would work well together.
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3: palette of image elements utilized
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My algorithm eventually transformed into
one of continually placing images on the
canvas, with a high degree of opacity,
so that texture and complexity
gradually build up over time.
Different image placement algorithms
were tried, often restricting certain
images to a bounding box within
the canvas, although ultimately
I decided to use strictly
random placement.
Periodically, an image is selected
to be less transparent, and may possibly
be tinted with a shading color to help
highlight the image.
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This produced fairly interesting results,
although over an extended period of time
the canvas would blacken, having accumulated
thousands of layered images, as seen above.
My final algorithmic iteration involved
periodically picking a random canvas color
and repainting the entire canvas with
a translucent coat of color, letting
a small degree of the previous iterated
complexity show through.
Additionally, the images grow
larger in size as the iterations increase;
when the canvas tint is refreshed,
the image sizes are reset.
With this logic, the picture plane never
gets too darkened, while preserving the
whole of the iterated image.
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4: further experiments
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This repeated image placement,
with periodic canvas fading and shading
is seen below in Figure 5.
Forms are created from nothing,
and return to nothing;
waking buddha-mind.
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5: eleven sucessive stages with
iterations [0, (1000 N, (1000 N)-1)*] for (N=1..5)
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Free your mind, and your ass will follow.
~ Funkadelic ~
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"red buddha"
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