“I do have a rather sad and true story about a heart that may make you tear up. My wife and son and I got our first family pet. A fluffy shih-tzu. Maty. When my son Ethan was about 6, we knew something was wrong with little Maty so we took her to the vet. The doctor said because of a strange heart condition where too much blood pumps into it, there is a painful expansion, and she had to be put down. So we took her home in a little box. We got a shovel and went out back. I dug the whole and said, “Well Maty died because her heart was too big… It was the first time Ethan saw his dad cry. (but certainly not the last)” - Trey Ratcliff

This Machine Elf collaboration brings together the generative fractal work of Trey Ratcliff and music composed by Tina Guo to form a visual meditation. In this first release from the series, a limited edition of only 20 videos, each has a variety of different characteristics. Because Tina created this music specifically for the heart chakra, each of the 20 pieces contains a different written “heart musings,” each of which are embedded into the videos at the end. Each of the 20 pieces have a unique rarity based upon the word content of these musings. Tina’s sound meditation became one of the mathematical waveform coefficients that fed into the generation of this fractal. You will notice it move and dance with her cello. Also, #20 of 20 is quite unique, as it is the only one that is rendered in 360, thus making it usable in VR.

This is the first of many Machine Elf collaborations and collectors of multiple artists will reap special benefits. See more about the project at www.the-machine-elf.com or join our fun discord at discord.gg/treyratcliff

Find out more about Trey at www.TreyRatcliff.com or Tina at https://tinaguo.com/