Yeah I know the feeling, middle of the day just making some coffee and toast, friggen third eye pops right out and then my face erupts in radiant golden fissures, happens to me all the time•
I remember seeing this many years ago. The artist thought using a computer to create art would help speed up the process. He found out it didn't work out that way.
Made in 1979?! Incomparable work.. (there is also the basis for the idea by Mac/Linux of the multiple Desktop! Maybe they got inspiration by this animation?)
It's a case of the technical restrictions inspiring someone. There wasn't a lot you could do easily with the processing power and algorithms available so he made the most of what he'd got.