The Comet's Flame

Okay, my experiment did not work so well.  I think my artistic vision goes beyond what I can actually achieve.  In other words, I am an extremely incompetent artist. So I think I’ll stick with the good olde fashioned layout that I have currently.  Maybe I can figure out some slight modifications to make it [...]

My friend Eloprah recently raised three very interesting questions: What is art? What is the purpose of art? What distinguishes good art from bad art? Well, I will attempt to clearly state my opinions regarding the answers to these questions (note the phrase MY opinions! The answers I am about to give may not line [...]

I love interesting geometric designs, and the cycloid is one of my all-time favorites. Perhaps you’ve drawn cycloids using a Spirograph toy and a pen or pencil. Being a nerd, I typically draw cycloids using my computer. Here’s an example of how a computer program draws a hypo-cycloid (an epi-cycloid would have the drawing “gear” [...]