As already threatened in the last post, here is a first selection of works that dived more deeply into fractals. The technique at a glance is to use Gimp’s Fractal Explorer and then proceed with further manipulations. The bulk of the magic is done by the combination of layer effects, only to a lesser degree come filters into play here (additionally a very small subset of those). There is one and the same story behind those images:

I was driven by the desire to express something that I couldn’t express in a poem. At a certain point, you just can’t put up with words any longer, so you try to find comfort in non-verbal communication. Like the unexpected departure of a beloved person and hopes that didn’t materialise. Or the famous blank stare into nothingness. I sometimes encounter persons with huge frightened eyes that don’t seem to recover anytime soon. When it is a young woman, it even has something of a tragedy and I’d love to learn the story behind.

In one way or another, arts are a sophisticated way of seeking attention. The problem is when you define yourself by what you create, then you will inevitably attract persons that just accept you so long as you keep up your creations. By the time you confuse interest in your work with interest in your person, you will run into trouble, because it makes you vulnerable to a certain breed of dishonest persons looking for a way to distract themselves from their empty lives.

So use the images with caution. Just see what you want them to display.