Sun and Moon 1948

M.C. Escher’s ‘Sun and Moon’ from 1948 is a trip, right? It’s one of his signature tessellations, where the image transforms into interlocking forms. I can only imagine the labor involved in crafting those precise shapes. This wasn't just some casual sketch; it was a carefully planned dance of geometry. He must have been thinking about the relationship between form and space, figure and ground. Look at how the birds morph from light to dark! And how the flat surface is charged with kinetic energy. The birds are rising and falling, flying toward and away from you. It’s like he's saying, "Let’s see how far we can push it, let's play with the edges." It's like he's winking at us, inviting us to question our perceptions of reality. Escher might not have been flinging paint around like some of us, but he was definitely part of the same conversation about perception and form.