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Dizzy or Vertigo? How did I know?

Dizzy or Vertigo? How did I know?

This poster, by Dutch artist M.C. Escher 1898-1972, hung above my desk all four years I was away at college. Some nights, very late nights, I thought I could figure out how to make that endless waterfall actually work.

I remember eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches pretty regularly when I was in elementary school. But I was talking to a friend the other day about how impossible that…

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