Chapters 11 and 13 for Editing and Discussion

CH 11

The Mandlebrot grows in infinite complexity
but it depends on the empty space at the center.
Knowledge is built of facts:
A scaffolding to support ignorance.

First off, I loved how I had to look up the definition of the Mandelbrot set to confirm it really starts with Zero.

The lines in a coloring book give the page form
but crayons give it life,
not staying constrained inside the lines,
nor reducing the pattern to scribbles.

No problems here.

We stick apart & stay baffled,
yet keep coming back
to the very same thing.

I'm not sure what the intent of this verse is. The concepts of Sticking Apart and Staying Baffled (staying curious?) don't seem to meld here, and I'm not sure what the Thing we're coming back to is.

The lens of the first microscope revealed fractillian ignorance.

Shaped words, unraveled meanings,
interpret, corrupt, adapt or construe,
we knew all along
words don’t count.

I think I get the meaning here (our knowledge is often based on words, which are inaccurate), but I think a bit more coherence might be good.

Take advantage of what exists,
and use what does not exist.