Okay, assume I'm a total newbie at this. (Not far off the mark!) Why the prevalence of fractals in art? What is a fractal? What does it mean? According to my studies, fractal means irregular, more or less. Irregular geometry was a new way of describing the world around us, not covered by Euclidian, or shape based geometry. Isn't art a way of describing the world around us? Therefore, fractals are another tool, just like perspective, shading, and brushes. What do you think?