This image was originally developed as the focal point of the Math Awareness Month poster of April 2000. The theme was “Math Spans All Dimensions”. It was too lovely to be retired, and appeared again at TFBCON2003.
According to the artist, Brown University professor Thomas Banchoff, it is suffused with joy, just as I had hoped!
It begins with mere points, then a curve that flares into a spiral and eventually a colorful 3-d cornucopia of mathematical plenty:
…suggesting the possibility of further dimensions yet to come.
Professor Banchoff’s art work has even graced some book covers, including this one, written by my favorite statistician.
Ellie Asks Why 
Very nice Ellie! Mathematics has integrity and since you love statistics you might want to look at what the banks and economists have “done” to it – our recent Post S&P 100 Volatility Risk and The Full Moon. Best regards, Ernst.
Why, thank you! I will look for your post. Please feel free to leave URLs in comments here. I have instructed the Akismet spam catcher not to flag your comments, as I trust you 🙂