Emergent pattern
Posted by Dan on Jun 20th, 2009
2009
Jun 20
This image is a mixture of randomness and regularity. There is are two similar patterns repeated on a square grid; but in each cell of the grid, the choice of pattern is determined by a coin toss. The patterns are busy enough and similar enough that the result looks almost-but-not-quite regular.
And yet, there is something else going on. If one stands back far enough from the screen, another pattern emerges, a diagonal maze:
