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Step 6. repeat steps 1-3 immediately below their original position .

Step 7. Repeat steps 4-5.

and Step 8. Repeat steps 6-7 six times.

Now three more rules will animate the generative pa ! ern. So the rst rule would be:

Step 9. Increase the size of each circle and square by a given number until they are as 4 times

larger than they were originally.

Step 10. Decrease the size of each circle and square by the same given number.

Step 11 Loop steps 9 to 10.

And the nal step might be; add colour.

These instructions wont create a work of art nor is the process indicative of the historical context in

which Islamic pa ! erns were designed but it does outline the basic principles of generative art;

simple local rules can create unexpected complex pa ! erns.

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