About a year and a half ago I recieved a fractal program my friend wrote, and being interested in fractal-like photoshop artwork and filters, I was an instant convert to this artform. There are a plethora of free fractal generating programs out there on the web. Some of my favorites are:

 

Fractals are defined as geometrical plottings of mathematical formulas that repeat themselves at varying degrees of magnification. Imagine the metaphore of looking at a flea on a larger flea's back. Then imgine a smaller flea on that flea's back. Etc... Makes us think how large we are and also just how small we are. I like to think that fractals are artistic snapshots of chaos.

New!! A gallery of Fractal Mandalas.

Here is a link to some of my fractals on my mother's web space.

I also have created fractal zoom animations and have some for download here:

Fractal music:

Here are some links to fractal music sites:

Fractals can also be audible. Here are some programs that make fractal music midi files: