Experiences of Fractality

Currently: Attempting to identify patterns in various descriptions and experiences.

Descriptions of fractal-like experiences are typically based on comparing the whole to what is first observed. These categories are meant to describe the experiences, not the fractals themselves.

Simultaneous

Being an infinite amount of self-similar something at once.

Asynchronous

Being one smaller piece of a pattern at a time, with each piece of the pattern resembling the whole.

Serial

Being specifically one piece of a pattern at a time.

Theoretical

The pieces don't all exist (or aren't all active) simultaneously, yet every instance appears when directly observed (or vice versa). Appears simultaneous when zoomed out and asynchronous when zoomed in. The visible expression can be of any scale.

Collapsing

The visible expression appears to be the whole fractal, but becomes some arbitrary smaller piece upon closer inspection.

Sparse

The visible expression appears to be the whole fractal, but no particular element can be seen when approached. May only be visible as a whole due to being a concept or being made of elements that can't be defined without the whole.