This work is the first in a series which explores the self-similar and generative nature of the physical world and human consciousness. These images were created with a simple recursive algorithm which arranges the most basic geometric forms— lines, circles and squares—on a canvas. What emerges are mandala-like forms of great complexity and hypnotic beauty. Mandala have been utilized in various spiritual traditions across the globe to the interrelatedness and interplay between the mind and the world at large. In Tibetan Buddhism the mandala is at once a map of the body, a map of consciousness and a map of the universe. It’s principle brings awareness to the feedback loop of sensory input, mental activity and our actions, which alter the world we perceive. From this interaction of conscious agents and dynamic physical processes, phenomena become increasingly complex yet ordered, creating an existence that is self similar but never the same.
