I found the same thing when creating art using fractals. Purer, not better. Just when I found a configuration that seemed perfect, all of the details were inspe

I found the same thing when creating art using fractals. Purer, not better. Just when I found a configuration that seemed perfect, all of the details were inspected and found lacking. As a spectator, you had to enjoy it as a product of math first, and then you could enjoy it as art. After a while I just picked up a pen and paper and made sketches of what I saw in my mind.