Why 'Mandelsage'?

Well, it starts with me at the age of 19. Because of some interesting circumstances (a story for another time), I was calling myself a pagan then. And part of being part of a magickal community was having a magickal name. Osiris, from the Egyptian pantheon, was my favourite god. He is linked with the star Sirius. So after some thought, I liked the sound of "Sirius Starsage" as a name. Please don't judge me ;P

Fast forward to 2011, when I was just starting to get into my art. I no longer liked my account name on deviant art (siriusstarsage) so I decided to create a whole new account. I needed a new name though...

The man who discovered the most famous fractal, the mandelbrot set, was a frenchman called Benoit Mandelbrot. So I simply combined my love of fractals with the remnants of my old name and became Mandelsage.

To give you an idea of just how much I love fractals and their perplexing capacity as a tool to create art, let me show you the tattoo I got after swearing, before, that I would never get a tattoo:

That is the famous mandelbrot set, tattooed on my back. I always thought I would end up regretting any tattoo if I ever got one. So far, that hasn't happened. So why am I so passionate about fractals? If you're truly curious, see my website, especially my About page ... =)

And my real name? It's public knowledge... My name's Jody ;) ... Hi o/

I don't actually know why my mother chose this name... I think it might have something to do with her liking the singer Jody Wayne, but good gods, I just hope that's not true, lol. (Don't do it... Don't google Jody Wayne! ... You have been warned).

And, nah, I wouldn't want to change my username, even if I could. Mandelsage it is and Mandelsage it will ever be =)

Time to nominate 5 people to do this challenge...:

@falseyedols
@erodedthoughts
@magicalmoonlight
@mineopoly
@shai-hulud (I actually know but I'd love for him to make a post about it! ;))