The FOURTH Fractal Writing Contest is over. There were ten contestants, an all-new record for the contest! We had short stories, poems, and TWO haikus this time -- with most entries themed after altered states and other dimensions. My personal favorite is @thot2word's entry, a small paragraph of text similar to automatic-writing, a transcending experience.

WINNER: @thot2word, for this entry.

The contest post expired with a reward of 1.473 SBD, so @thot2word gets the minimum of 1 SBD. The rest 0.473, I'd like to offer as a prize to another great entry:

2nd PLACE: @breezin, for a poem about awakening and salvation.

Finally, an honorable mention goes to a regular contestant, @ronism, for a short story of terrifying science fiction. Congratulations to all participants and a big thank you to all upvoters. I'd like to see more participation in these contests and get a bigger reward pool to distribute. If there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, I will try to reward a 2nd- and 3rd- place winner, as well.

This week, the FIFTH installment of the Fractal Writing Contest will run.

The Contest

Each post in this contest series will contain a fractal, a 2-dimensional representation of a complex mathematical formula. The participants have to post a comment with something inspired by the fractal, be it just a title, a haiku, a story, whatever.

Rules

• You have to reply with a comment in the contest post.
• The reply must be inspired by the fractal, but no explanation needed.
• Any kind of content is acceptable: just a title, a haiku, a poem, a short story, a painting, a photo, a video, a doodle, whatever. The content must be yours, no links to other people's work accepted.
• I will pick the best reply, when the post expires (1 week after posting it).
• The winner gets half the SBD made in the post, minimum 1 SBD. The rest are split to the other winners: if there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, I will try to reward a 2nd- and 3rd- place winner, as well.
• Upvotes and resteems are welcomed, but not necessary to participate.