I finally started reading
Godel, Escher, Bach last night. I really shouldn't have waited nineteen years: It is incredibly exciting and fulfilling to read. I felt happy to notice for the first time ever that in Escher's drawing 'Waterfall' there are some little sea plants growing in the corner. I am not sure how I never noticed them before... maybe I was too busy trying to follow the water up and down in my head. Anyway, as a result of this, and the fact that it is one of the greatest drawings in the world, this picture in the book became too much to handle (you already know how much I love staircases).
In one of the brief moments I took my eyes from the book and looked around my room, I went on to realise that the Hvass&Hannibal print I have up on my pinboard could be seen as slightly Escheresque in a fun and colourful way: it doesn't have any strange loops as far as I have noticed, but I'm sure you'll see what I mean.
The next time my eyes wandered, I spent some time enjoying the fact that I had placed the sea-planty picture from
Wrap Magazine by
Katie Scott right next to it when I first moved in -for no real reason other than that they fitted together in the limited space I had-. Don't worry if you're not following. Just enjoy a general feeling of excitement with me.
The other day I ordered the
latest issue of Wrap, which very fortunately has Hvass&Hannibal in it, which I'm sooooooo excited for. The magazine and the work from those are two of my favourite things. I first discovered them through my love of Efterklang (I'm seeing them on Friday!!!), whose album covers have all been designed by them if I'm not mistaken.
Anyway, as if that wasn't enough, under closer inspection I noticed that the geometric shapes sitting on top of the columns in Waterfall also have twin sisters in Katie Scott's illustration...
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| close up of Katie Scott's illustration for Wrap Magazine |
How cool!? I wonder if she did it on purpose... I kind of hope so. I also kind of don't.
My computation lecture this morning was quite reminiscent of the first chapter of G.E.B and I expect the whole book will continue to tie in with lots of the things I have been learning and enjoying - at school and in Just Life.
All these lovely little connections!
