“Fractals are math.”

I guess so. I see them as nature that can be explained with math.

Allow me to explain. A fractal is an object that shows the same general image when zoomed in or out to any level. Fractals show up anywhere in nature and can be represented by a simple equation.

I just like them because they’re beautiful.

I admit it: sometimes when I’m bored, I draw Sierpinski triangles. I draw them on my paper. I occasionally draw them on other people’s paper. I makes me focus. It’s like...it’s like…

Transcendental Meditation.

In a weird, repetitive sort of way, it helps me focus while improving my concentration. Like Zentangle.

I’ve done Zentangle. It’s okay. But I really do have to plan ahead, I have to have to proper materials, it’s not a spontaneous thing like Sierpinski triangles. It doesn’t even have to be an equilateral triangle, I can just draw any triangle and start drawing triangles within the triangle and then you’re hooked.

And it doesn’t cost $15.

It seems boring to some. I get that. We’re all different. Transcendentalism acknowledges this, accepts this, and encourages this.

That’s why I do it. That’s why I do most things.

To be unique. When I’m done with the fractal I grab my psychedelic markers and color it in and make it unique and special. And then I lose it somewhere.

But that’s good, because it means I can start a new one. I have the opportunity to create something new and beautiful and, while no one else may care, I think they’re beautiful and they help boost my creativity.

It feels even better when I find someone who also likes fractals and we just talk. About fractals.

I don’t even like math.

But I do like fractals.

I love them honestly.

I like how there are so many and they’re all so unique. Like people. Like cultures.

Maybe humanity could learn a thing or two from fractals.

We don’t have to be self-similar at every level, but we should allow people to be unique and express themselves. We should allow people to have psychadelic colors. We should allow people to be distinct and instantly recognizable.

As a society we should bring these people in, not kick them out.

Maybe we’ll learn something from these “outcasts”.