I had some time recently to mess about in Processing. For your consideration: sketch_2008_04_28_diagonal_lines2. Stare at it for a while and everything starts to make sense.

Update: I posted a few shorts to Vimeo: diagonal_lines2 / diagonal_lines3.

I’ve always enjoyed these patterns, so I decided to generate them. Someday I’ll be savvy enough to make it interactive. For your consideration: sketch_2007_12_11a

For your consideration: rand_cubes01b. This uses OpenGL to render, so edges are jagged. Let it go for a while to get some dense layering. Click the mouse to clear the screen and press a key to stop. Also on Vimeo.

For more interesting results, let this one go a while: sketch_2007_09_24_01 for your consideration. More on Flickr.

More images.

Update: applet, source code.