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Consider the nature of a paradox. It deals with self-contradiction and inconsistency. Its concerns are conflict, puzzle and mystery. Enigma: ambiguous; baffling; perplexing; these become an exciting dimension for re-interpretation and imaginative staging. No wonder than that Rene Magritte has such an impact on the contemporary visual thinkers. The changing world of finance, human relationships, international communication and understanding of ethical values are shifting along a broad continuum. Anomalies and incongruities are constants. The new environs provide a fertile investigation mine for the curious explorers in creativity. More from Rene Magritte, the master of paradoxical staging.

Imagine the familiar. The ordinary. The overlooked simple things. Imagine them rearranged in unfamiliar situations. Those situation shock. Titillate. Annoy. Stimulate. Disconcert. Puzzle. Disturb. Deliberately making the contexts of his images improbable, he creates wondering and questioning. His paintings have meaning within meaning and connections apparently outside of familiar logic. While some of his paintings appear strange, they are emotionally cathartic. And always witty and intellectually provocative. Rene Magritte provided the scaffolding with his interpretations of the ordinary things and common concerns for the development of contemporary pop art. Rene Magritte observed: If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream. This arresting   video sheds glimpses into Rene Magritte's observation.

Here is looking at M.C.Escher and his works through the learner's eyes. The influence that learners have on each is other intriguing. This video examines one facet on the specific influence of Escher's work on Penrose the mathematician and his father. It shows how they responded. Then it traces Escher's response to the Penroses's resultant works.

Mathematics has a cache of intriguing ideas for M.C.Escher. In these videos, he gives us an inside look into his imagination and his technical brilliance.

M.C. Escher, a Dutch graphic artist, is associated with woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints. These inspired creations feature impossible mathematical constructions; mind-blowing explorations of forms and space that show infinity; architectural structures that recede and protrude at the same plane; tessellations merging insects, animals and portraits in dazzling permutations, Here is a collection of some M.C. Escher's works: