My original design illustrating the Butterfly Effect. The butterfly effect is a phrase which encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a nonlinear dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system.

The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly’s wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to appear (or prevent a tornado from appearing). The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale phenomena. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different.

My newest inkblot design, “Domino,” is an abstract piece that represents “causality” or the “sensitive dependence on initial conditions” which is also often known as a “domino effect,” or the “butterfly effect” as well as sometimes being referred to as the “chaos theory.”

It takes a bit of dirt to choreograph the freshest flower concert.

Today, remember Charles Darwin whom proposed and provided scientific evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from one or a few common ancestors through the process of natural selection. Feel free to spread these Darwin day e-cards to celebrate Darwin’s discoveries.

This is my second public Darwin Day e-card design release. Feel free to send this Darwin Day e-card to your friends.

This is my original Darwin Day card design in honor of and to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1809. The holiday is also an opportunity to highlight Darwin’s contribution to science and to promote science in general.

What would Darwin Do?