Saturday, May 12, 2012

Chaos


Shrimp Boat Reflections, Shem Creek, Mount Pleasant, SC  © Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved


The word of the day is chaos. It is a noun that means disorder or lack of organization. The word derives form the Greek meaning of chasm or abyss, but was extended to mean utter confusion by the 1600's.

In Greek mythology, the personification of the word, Chaos, refers to the void preceding the creation of the universe. Ovid described it as "a rude and undeveloped mass."

Chaos is also the genus name of a giant Amoeba.

In science and math, chaos can refer to randomness, or the lack of intelligible pattern.

Chaos Theory applies to many fields of science and mathematics. It attempts to explain how the most subtle influences can have significant impacts on system dynamics. In general it shows the difficulty of long term predictions, say for example in weather patterns or baseball scores.

So my picture today perhaps incapsulates some of these ideas.

Oh, and chaos often refers to the state of my hair when I first wake-up in the morning.

22 comments:

  1. Outstanding abstract water-shot Doug--I love the kaleidoscopic color. Great stuff!

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  2. I love this quicksilver effect!

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  3. I never knew that chaos could mean so many things in so many different contexts! My hair can be total chaos in the morning too!

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  4. A wonderful image, and a very interesting background on the word. (And by the way... I never have that hair problem!)

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  5. So gorgeous... I love boat reflections!

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  6. Amazing abstract. Love the colours and the grapic structure.

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  7. this makes me think not so much of chaos but of fine silk.

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  8. I like a lot this picture and the title to it!
    God bless you!
    Cezar

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  9. What awesome color and texture! It's wonderfully playful.

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  10. beautiful coloured reflections

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  11. someone once said there' order in chaos ... i can see it here, but much more i see beauty in chaos!

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  12. Nothing is more chaotic then what is now in my mind !

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  13. magnifiques couleurs dans ces reflets.

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  14. I love this shot! Very nice!!

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  15. I see calmness in this shot.
    Calm chaos? Chaotic calmness?
    Where's the butterfly?

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  16. Wow, how strange, I used "chaos" in yesterdays post...and next day it's the main subject - and delightfully demonstrated.

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