Almost all of these are some that were my favorites too!  Excellent collection choices.  Bunny

They were worth waiting for.  Excellent collection ofr the week.  Bunny

I'm going to add a little bit to this conversation.  I'm not as full of words right now, but I work in this medium, because I like the fact I don't have to clean up the art supplies or wash my hands or any of this stuff.  If I don't like what I do, I just don't save it and no one will see it in the trash can.  One of my old phobias... that someone would see something not up to snuff and think less of me.  Obviously, I've outgrown that part.  ;o)

I like fractal art because now, I can create images that may have interesting colors, shapes, textures, all of the above.  I used to be a commercial artist, so I find this much more relaxing since there is no pressure other than to have fun with it.  I will eventually work towards something like Renderix and some of the others are doing right now of compositions that create an image that represents something of meaning to most people.  I started this with a lot of fears that no one would like it and have found that more people like my "off the wall" art than the stuff I used to do by hand.  Funny, isn't it?  I have learned that "Art is between the ears."

The other part of fractals is that I have gotten back into dabbling with programming without the stress of deadlines or constantly having to debug.  It either works, produces or you move on.  It's also gotten me back into the world of mathematics gently in a way that isn't threatening. 

This group, best of all, has been the best of all worlds.  Supportive, kind, and inspirational.  I'm so glad fractals brought me here.  I guess I'll stop babbling now.  :o)  Bunny

Awesome set of fractals for this week.  Many of my favorites!  Bunny

Great selection of fractals.  Most of my favorites were in there this time.  Congratulations to you all.  Bunny

All great images!  Congratulations to all.  And you are right Arend, Gateman does deserve an extra round of applause for making it 6 times.  Bunny

Great selection of fractals.  I like them all.  Bunny

Congratulations to Nadita, Mags61 and soepie17.  This was a fun challenge with great entries.  Bunny

Another set of stunning images.  Great picks!  Bunny 

Thank you Keith.  You put it much more elegantly and succintly.  Bunny

Actually, I not disagreeing with you.  Art is what a person sees it as.  Some of us just don't like some kinds of art.  It's a preference thing.  But it's okay.  Bunny

"ART" is what is between the ears.  For those of us that do the fractal arts, it is more of a facination than anything else.  We don't do it for the money often times, just for the pure enjoyment of creation and sharing with our friends and co-fractal artists.  And the other part of this is, not everyone considers what we do is art.  Seems strange to me, since I have a strong art foundation and lots of training, but this to me is far more creative than what I used to do.

As for the nudity and violence pictures, "SEX and VIOLENCE" sells!  It's that simple.  Many people would rather look at the nudity, violence, etc. because they can and they can make a whole lot more off of it in the stores than we can with our stuff.  Where would Stephen King be if it didn't sell?

I really like the Art Charts and I was really happy to see Miwi's (Michael's) image in there.  It is stunning.  I don't know how much this will eventually affect us, but we can keep a watch on it and a finger on the pulse to see.  Until then, just do what you do best.   Bunny

The only place I know to send the email is from My Homepage at the bottom.  If you get email back, it will usually show up at the top of the page that you have a message.  Anyone else see any different?  Bunny 

Everyone was a beauty!  I'm glad I didn't have to be the one to choose either.  Bunny

Congratulations to "rocserum' and 'ulliroyal'!  Thank you to those who voted for all of our images.  And thank you 'mansco' for the great challenge suggestion.  Bunny

PS... okay, I'll stop now.  ;o)