tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post2271053692704835586..comments2023-07-26T09:55:48.093-04:00Comments on S. R. Wood: For exampleS R Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934872671798326776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-27866277006428521602009-01-13T12:34:00.000-05:002009-01-13T12:34:00.000-05:00Fractal! That's the word I was trying to think of....Fractal! That's the word I was trying to think of. All I could come up with was the image from the Sorceror's Apprentice, where a chopped-up broom becomes hundreds of identical, miniature brooms.<BR/><BR/>Or broccoli.<BR/><BR/>There used to be a theory that rocks chipped off mountains would break in the same shape as the mountain. Look, a little Matterhorn!<BR/><BR/>Unsurprisingly this theory was later abandoned.S R Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934872671798326776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-71661167606054314202009-01-12T20:02:00.000-05:002009-01-12T20:02:00.000-05:00This theory sounds right because it mirror somethi...This theory sounds right because it mirror something found in nature: fractals. Try chopping a crown of broccoli. As you subdivide you keep finding the same shape. <BR/><BR/>This should work in reverse too. Just as a sentence uses inflection and rhythm to indicate emphasis, continuation, and conclusion, so can a paragraph, or an entire book.<BR/><BR/>See, writing IS like broccoli!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com