1.0The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainabilityhttps://umaine.edu/spirerich900600<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DuG4qbMk6n"><a href="https://umaine.edu/spire/2025/04/19/davis/">Flora II</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://umaine.edu/spire/2025/04/19/davis/embed/#?secret=DuG4qbMk6n" width="100%" height="338" title="“Flora II” — The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability" data-secret="DuG4qbMk6n" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> By Nate Davis   These four works are from my Flora II series, which currently consists of 514 images. For almost two decades, I have created electronic music and visual art by simulating biological and evolutionary processes using software of my own design. In these simulations, organisms grow, reproduce, compete for resources, and die, and […]https://umaine.edu/spire/wp-content/uploads/sites/254/2025/04/Copy-of-1734315025.299695_sm-scaled.jpg25602560