Close to fifty years ago I rented what was an old house then, in Burbank, California. Like most of the olde houses in that area,  one house was situated in front of the other, sharing a driveway leading to the house in the rear. I had the house in the rear. At the end of the driveway sat a weathered garage made of wood. Two crooked and battered wooden doors protected the cache inside. The landlord had told me that I could keep or throw out whatever was inside to make room for my car.  As soon as I moved, I knew that my first job was to tackle the chaos behind those doors. I didn’t expect the amount of debris that littered the floor and shelves. Time-weathered boxes flanked the walls that appeared to have acted as an inferior barrier in keeping rain water from seeping inside. I decided that I would only deal with clearing an area for my car.
As I sorted through the clutter, I came across a print just like the one above. Remarkably, its overall condition was excellent. At the bottom of the print was the name M.C. Escher. The drawing was entitled “Other World”. I was so intrigued by this piece that I wanted to know more about the artist and his work. Other World  was created, circa 1947, indeed by a very talented Dutch-born M.C. Escher. Escher’s background was also of particular interest to me. At that time, I was working as a graphic artist in L.A. and learned that it was also Escher’s trade. While my framed print was lost in a move years later, the artist’s name and work was never lost in time for me. However, it’s fascinating how one’s perspective on an artistic piece can evolve. In present day, I find Escher’s Other World print to be a befitting paradigm of the many perspectives of the human race. If you’d like to read more on M.C. Escher, click here