M.C. Escher's parents wanted him to be an architect. If only we could climb into his works and world. Since I was a pup I have loved the dizzying feeling of peering at his prints, leaning to the side, flopping my head over, squinting and grinning.
At least for the moment you can see many of his lithographs and drawings and wood engravings at the San Jose Museum of Art. Worth the drive, but if only the exhibit were larger...
I wonder if anyone has tried to build an actual Escher building.
By the by, here's a great quote from the master, followed by a quote someone wrote in the exhibit's visitors' book:
"Perhaps all I pursue is astonishment and so I try to awaken only astonishment in my viewers. Sometimes 'beauty' is a nasty business."
-M.C. Escher, 1956
"What goes up doesn't always come down."
-S.J. museum viewer, 2007
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