TITLE: The Ancient Art NAME: William Bruedigam COUNTRY: US EMAIL: dagda@zianet.com TOPIC: Magic COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. RENDERER USED: PovRay 3.0 TOOLS USED: PovRay 3.0, Povlab 4.0, Klaus Lepshi's Sor and Lathe Generator, Corel Draw (maps and titling) RENDER TIME: 4 hours, 11 minutes HARDWARE USED: Pentium 150 mhZ, 32 meg ram, 1 meg video IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The Ancient Art Long ago, in the early evolution of our ancestors, magic was hidden in the deep recesses of the ancient mind. Humankind was not adept in magic, they did not understand the workings of it all. Though there were those who felt the calling, who heard the voices in their deepest psyche, some listened, some became heroes, legends, gods. One of those who is only remembered to us as the great POV, gave us magic. Scholars question if the great POV may have created our world, then gave us the magic so we could create in his image. Regardless, the magic was born. And we, the great POV's children's children's children seek the riches that are ours within the great POV's machine. We create as our creator created us. We seek to understand His power. POV, the giver of the magical ancient art of raytracing.