MICROFICTION BY: Daniel Levin
ARTIST STATEMENT: This is a response to “Fractals: The shape of Order and Chaos.” Fractals, much like the Fibonacci sequence, are infinite, and you can zoom as far into one as you want, on a graph and it will keep going. The Fibonacci sequence, in contrast, will continue if you keep zooming out of a graph of it. We can see the Fibonacci sequence in a lot of parts of nature, such as the shell of a nautilus.
ABOUT THE PHOTO
This photo was created by Prof. Lucas Kwong in collaboration with AI.
I found a shell on the beach today. A nautilus.
Does it know what it is, I wonder.
I ask the shell, “Do you know Fibonacci?”
To my surprise, the shell responds.
“Who’s that?” asks my new friend.
I ask, “How do you not know Fibonacci? You are built in his image.”
The shell replies, “This is news to me!”
As we keep talking, I explain to the shell the intricacies of its design. How everlasting it is.
And for that the shell says, “Thank you, new friend. I shall guard this knowledge with my life.”
