Artist's Notes for Falling Towers
Sept. 18, 2001

A true Fractal Image, produced with Fractal Explorer Version 1.19. Orientation was changed with Compupic, a graphics program.

I debated with myself whether to put this image in the gallery. I thought it might somehow be insensitive and not appropriate. After some comments received from the fractal image newsgroup I realized that art can be part of the healing process, especially for the artist.

The image is dominated by the two large variegated rectangles, one erect and one on its side in the foreground. The basic shape of the rectangles can be recognized as very similar to the Twin Towers. This shape is echoed throughout the image, in various states of overlap and interaction.

The randomly spaced smaller shapes impart a sense of chaos and movement. 

The coloring aids greatly in pulling the composition together. The pinkish blocks of color connect the upper with the lower part of the image, and serve to offset the large white Tower block, sending this most dominate shape to the background. The black void on the upper right of the image gives dimension to the large white Tower and is balanced with another black block in the lower left of the image. Against both of these black blocks are outlined the random smaller shapes, helping to place these elements into a sort of weightlessness, while giving the collection of small shapes a generally downward direction.

The large pink triangle color block comes into the image at the upper left and penetrates to the center of the image. This angularity is also repeated in several areas of the image, as only a fractal can do. This shape also appears on the lower Tower, almost as a shadow of the larger triangle. These angular blocks also create the conflict in the image, contrasting with the rectangles.

This large pink triangle color block can also be seen as a highly abstracted jet nose cone. One can imagine that a pilot sits in the cockpit, bracing for impact.   

Let us heal together.

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