Blossom

The prompt for Genuary 24 is 'Geometric art', and we are instructed to 'pick either a circle, rectangle, or triangle and use only that geometric shape'. A challenge, I thought, as my first inclination was towards stark lines, bold outlines, and clear delineation. How can I take this in a more organic direction? I thought back to some work on particle systems, moving towards twisted, sprouting, tree-like shapes. What if each particle was only a single geometric form: proof, therefore, that geometric need not mean inorganic. As Benoit put it, 'Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles', and yet here, these beautiful, blossom-laden trees are exactly that: circles, triangles, or rectangles. Slider 1 controls the main branch count. Slider 2 selects the basic geometric shape type: triangle, circle or rectangles. The rectangle category is actually two options: horizontal or at a forty-five degree rotation. Slider 3 controls the extent of the branches, and the likelihood they will burst into clouds of geometric blossom. Slider 4 shifts colour saturation from monochrome, right through to a somewhat garish display of over-saturated colour. Slider 5 alters the complexity of the branches, perhaps best described as twistiness, and the variety of the blossoms.