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How can somebody who never graduated high school create such fascinating works of art that explore mathematical boundaries, and tease your brain? Its easy, he was a talented and profound artist. M.C. Escher explored the realm of mathematics and art, and it result, produced amazing compositions that really make you question what is in front of you. He wandered the boundary between art and math, and introduced many mathematical concepts into his work. His work makes you think about the world around you, and yourself. His work is difficult to explain, he has images hands drawing themselves (fig 5), reptiles coming off a flat page (fig 3) , structurally impossible buildings (fig 6), and even rivers running up. His most famous work of art is an image of four flights of stairs, all connected at both ends, leading to the same point, all going up (fig 2). Because of his strong mathematic and artistic skill, the questions remains, is M...