"E is een Ezel" (Donkey) 1953

This black ink on paper artwork, *E is een Ezel* or *E is a Donkey* was made by M.C. Escher in 1967. I can imagine Escher meticulously carving out those lines on a block of wood or linoleum. I feel for the guy, the work involved in the repeated motif of those Es, layered as a backdrop for that donkey! It seems like a laborious task. Each letter is shaded to give an illusion of depth, and a wonderful contrast to the donkey’s head popping out of this field of typography. That donkey! I love its strange expression. It's braying its head off. Maybe Escher felt like that donkey sometimes, stuck in a loop.