10/28/00

This image comprises several enduring themes - the unity of human life, business, nature, and technology; the fractal surprises of reality, and my love for combining different scales into one.

Originally intended as a relaxation piece to provide a break from my work on the (currently unfinished) Zadar in its hangar, it quickly became far more complex, feeding on a hike in the autumn woods on Mt. Tom in Massachusetts and my flight to California for rich color imagery and patterns.

It ended up reflecting a variety of recurring patterns, such as the near ring of leaves that echoes the lacy chaotic thickenings in the clouds, the windows of the factory that echo the buttons on the phone, and the patterns of the rug that echo the composition of the desk and the corners of the deskpad.

For more on the complex techniques used in this image, see the Workshop article "The Making of The True Relationship".