... work of art, yet in science we find explanation for some of art's implications. Explanations that force us to refute some of the conclusion that art makes on reality. Lionel Penrose developed "the impossible staircase"1, a work of art that was and is to the present an upsetting image, as based on our visual system. In the picture we see a staircase which is constantly ascending or descending, depending on the way it is analysed. In fact, the end point always reconvenes with the point at where we visually began, and proceeds to ascend or descend another level, depending on the way it is looked upon. However, not only does this prove to be a physical impossibility, but also a tedious chore for the mind. Everything that this staircase suggests defies reality, and goes against all that is known in the third dimension. The same is true for the "impossible ...

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