I said the fractals in the FWW were excellent examples of fractals, OR are particularly beautiful OR particularly unique, not that they were necessarily all of the above (although some of them may be). But The FWW is an archive available for anyone to see the variety of fractals, the variety of artistic expression shown by each different fractal, and the evolution of fractal art. Lots of people seem to think fractals aren't art because the computer does it. If the computer did it, why are there so many different styles of fractal art? And they are all archived in the FWW. Our proof, if you will. Many different fractal generators are featured there. Many different artists. I went through and randomly grabbed some of the examples below. No, I didn't spend all morning searching them out. I didn't have to. Great examples are in every FWW. (Although I must admit that I did end up spending a great deal of time exploring the galleries of some of the fractal artists highlighted there. But then, obsession with fractals is one of the universal traits of a fractal artist!) I also suspect, although I didn't say it earlier, that there are some fractals that are included in the FWW partly because they are beautiful fractals that weren't as "noticed" as they should have been. And sometimes I think Barb and Viv (or Nick) do try to include artists that may not have been featured there before. But when they do so, the images they select are nevertheless worthy of being there! I applaud them for that! Below are the examples I'm talking about. I have no way of knowing if any of them were featured in the Hot20, since the Hot20 isn't archived. But I remember some, if not most, of them weren't, because at the time of their posting I noticed they were not in the Hot20 and in my opinion, should have been. I want to say one more thing and then I'm done. When I was lost in my own private fractal world, enjoying so many of the images in the FWW, I noticed that there are really quite a few that have been deleted from the fractal artist's gallery, leaving an empty space in the FWW. I was really disappointed. Sometimes I delete images from my gallery, too, but I'm going to try not to delete anything that is in the FWW. I can always check the upload date on my images, and then check the FWW for that week (or the Fractal Vintage Showcase for that matter) and NOT delete the image if it appears in the FWW or FVS. I really hope everyone will do that. I think these archives are more than just interesting and beautiful. They are there for everyone, including schools, to see the variety and beauty of our art. I hope they remain intact for a very long time. Thanks for listening! Linda Unique fractals: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1038969 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1174268 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1129109 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1165103 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1110767 Not "Just a spiral" Very beautiful spiral! http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1170734 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1094322 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1130069 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1120463 Compositions done completely in fractal programs: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1105865 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1134481 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1076854 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1052732 Uniquely fractal - great examples of self-similarity: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1177146 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1131489 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1136635 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1131382 And some are 2 or 3 of the above: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1171291 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=909444 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1108601 http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1162446