On Nov 23, 12:18 am, Weatherlawyer wrote:

Here is a picture of the resonance of a molecule:http://www.ericjhellergallery.com/in...e=image;iid=76

What it points out is that the shape of things is not necessarily
their true form.

A word from the artist:

"Art has a unique capacity convey insights, intuitively and
emotionally, about complex subject matter. If there is a short circuit
to wisdom, it is through art. I try to exploit the powers of art to
relate secrets of Nature only recently uncovered.

A key element in my work is exploitation of Nature's almost
narcissistic self-similarity, her repetition of pattern on vastly
different scales and in radically different contexts.

Consider the motion of the planets around the sun and electrons
orbiting a nucleus, or waves on water and electron waves in a
semiconductor. With such repetition, Nature provides her own windows
into otherwise secret worlds. The images I produce always relate to
concurrent research.

Since September 2004, I have been investigating freak or rogue waves
in the ocean. The Rogue image series arises from the complex branching
patterns of energy flow that result as ocean waves negotiate a sea
filled with complex currents (like the Gulf Stream and the eddies that
it spins off).

Almost exactly the same patterns arise on a scale one hundred billion
times smaller as electron waves negotiate paths through
semiconductors. Both phenomena generate branching patterns familiar
from trees and erosion landscapes.

The branches are the danger zones: places where rogue waves are more
likely to develop. The branches result from an unexpected focusing of
wave energy. These images, at the same time abstract and literal,
convey some of the mechanisms, the complexity, and the awesome danger
of rogue ocean-wave formation.

http://www.ericjhellergallery.com/in...ge=aboutartist