Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts

Friday, 23 September 2011

Fractals and Emotional Thinking

Here are a few of the things discussed in the Math and Art lectures that I have found interesting over the past couple of weeks:


Types of thinking

One of the discussions we have had was about how relative our thinking is to our emotions, as well as the type of thinking that takes place. This I have thought to be very interesting as it helps contrive self improvement. If it is emotions that can influence the way we think, would it be possible to change it so we could alternate our thinking habit towards a more productive way? This article would suggest that our emotions are what forms our thinking and that if we want to use this we need to acknowledge it and understand why. To alter these emotional responses, it is suggested to try creating habits that rebel against these emotions and allow to see an alternative way of responding. I would like to benefit from this by changing my emotional response when I try to study. I understand that my negative emotional response is from knowing that I don't feel I am being productive enough when trying to work. I think that if I were to keep a good momentum and direct my work towards something I have interest or experience in, I could produce work that feels voluntary rather than forced.


Fractals

Fractals would seem to have an impossible limit in complexity. They also could be used in most parts of technology and would be something I should consider using in the future endeavors. I see fractals as a visually appealing design, but consider it first as a way of being used for efficiency and strength. It is common to be seen in building and city patterns. I think this is because of its complexity in the pattern, it gets smaller but compacted the further it spreads out. Allowing for more support from multiple paths. Fractals have been seen within nature and I believe it to be a design feature that has advanced the technology world just like the hexagon. I found this website that included natural fractal structures.

http://www.fractal.org/Beelden/fractal-Julius-Tree.png
A fractal Tree.
http://www.fractal.org/Beelden/fractal-Julius-Tree.png

Sunday, 31 July 2011

Pāngarau & Mahi a toi

When talking about math and art I have always been able to give a basic meaning of what the two are from past experience and what we base around them. Since discussing in class what is and is not math and art, it has got me to question how these exist around each other and how they relate. I see art as a reflection of the artist and I develop a sense of story of how the art came to be. With math I always saw it as a truth of science that exists around us and without us. To say that it doesn't would also be to say numbers do not exist without us. But then it would look more profound to say that numbers are just symbols used to help simplify and accurately label certain objects. I guess I will be able to make a more informed decision on what exactly math is and how it is related to art in the coming weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb4OrqPBQyA


For art I always like to to see what sort of reaction humans get out of the art and the mental state it might bring forth on such people. Things like what the eye is attracted to and how we determine what looks right and what doesn't. With math I like the patterns that are formed through memory and how we are able to find quicker solutions to problems using similar equations and substitutions. Going into how these interests relate could be seen from finding meaning behind both the equations and the image.As if to say I like what both the artist and the mathematician are showing or trying to show their audience.