We discussed in Sec. 2.1 and the end of Sec. 3.1 how dynamics can establish a characteristic scale and we also briefly mentioned that complex systems may have many scales, even infinitely many, equally relevant scales.
(a) Try in general terms to list the characteristic spatial and temporal scales relevant to humans. There will be different scales for the intrinsic workings of a human body (e.g. cell sizes and division times) and other scales for the body as a whole (e.g. body weight and height, lifetime, response times).
(b) Take a look at some photos of clouds and forest canopy and try to identify characteristic scales, recall the discussion around Fig. 3.3 and Fig. 3.4.
(c) Now take a look at some Jackson Pollock drip paintings and look for characteristic scales or the absence of these.
(d) In the light of your analysis in (b) and (c), would you agree that Taylor, Micolich and Jones’s findings [437] make Pollock a naturalistic painter?