Cave Dwellings (near Sperlinga), Sicily 1933

M.C. Escher made this print of cave dwellings near Sperlinga in Sicily, using a graphic technique that makes you think about how light shapes our perception. The texture here is intense. Look at the speckled blacks and whites. That’s Escher working, mark by mark, to build up the image. It’s not just about what we see, but how we see it. He makes you really look, not just glance. See the way the light spills into the cave on the left? It’s like he’s asking, what is light, anyway? What does it mean to see something, and how do we represent that? Escher reminds me a bit of Piranesi, another printmaker obsessed with space and architecture. Both challenge our assumptions about perspective and reality. Art isn't about fixed meanings, it’s about opening up questions.