FRACTAL EXPRESSIONISM AS ART THERAPY

     Fractal Expressionist Art is just one of the many legacies of Benoit Mandelbrot (1924-2010) and his discovery of Fractal Geometry in the late 1970's. His work on "self-similarity" and the intrinsic order that can be found in what was once considered to be nothing but chaos have been applied to everything from CGI movie effects, to innovative and non-invasive "micro-modeling" techniques used today by cardiologists and oncologists to model microscopic details within the human body.
   The creation of Fractal Art, which requires almost no particular artistic skill or ability and is a completely intuitive activity of mind and eye can also be utilized as a therapy for those afflicted with certain mental illnesses or developmental disabilities just as music, art and dance have been for decades. "Fractal Generators" can be found on the web free of charge and a patient could be "painting" images almost immediately after downloading one to a hard drive. I know from my own experience that the relaxation, sudden increase of self esteem and downright fun can be an invaluable distraction from many symptoms of clinical depression, some of which I myself have struggled with
in my own life.

                        Here are a few examples of my work.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FRACTAL ART:  http://www.fractovia.org/