Impossible fractals (cameronius.com)

On a semi-related note, I found this the other day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ej3dj4x64k

"4d" Buddhabrot animation. Enjoy!

Really gorgeous, though the captivating patterns felt so recursive that I was reminded of the article a few months ago about the painter who was obsessed with patterns, amongst them Ravel's Bolero. And of course, they were linked by the same terminal brain illness.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13599-bol%E9ro-beautif...

Reminds me of the Star Trek: TNG episode I, Borg. The crew considered showing the captive Borg drone a paradoxical graphic. Each attempt to understand it would "spawn an anomalous solution," until, eventually, all computational resources of the Collective were consumed.

What's impossible about the sponge?

I'd be curious to see how they did this. Some of the early ones could be somebody spending way too much time in Illustrator, but by time they get to the impossible ferns and mushrooms, you know they're using some programming.

my brain esploded