{"id":6813,"date":"2015-04-30T09:39:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T13:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2015-04-30T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T21:21:09","slug":"escher-magic-and-scary-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=6813","title":{"rendered":"Escher magic and scary pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon, my wife and I took a pleasant stroll downtown, visiting the National Gallery. We were specifically interested in their M. C. Escher exhibition<\/a>, which is set to close in a few days. It was fascinating, though smaller in size than we\u00a0expected.<\/p>\n

Although I am reasonably well acquainted with the works of Escher, there were some prints\u00a0that I have never seen before. For instance, this street scene from Abruzzi, Italy, which may well be part of the reason why Escher became fascinated with complex systems of seemingly impossible stairs.<\/p>\n

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Then there was this amusing National Film Board of Canada animation, from 1998, of Escher’s Sky and Water I<\/a>. My only concern was for the poor museum security guard standing next to it, who had to listen to its soundtrack, endlessly repeated, throughout the day. (But then, he assured me that he is only there for two-hour shifts.)<\/p>\n