Escher
Americannoun
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But eventually the current wave loses its potency, the pendulum swings to the next outsiders, and the vicious circle folds into itself like an Escher painting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
Could a tokenized stock issue shares of the tokens, and then make tokens of those shares, and so on, like an equity Escher drawing?
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
Escher staircases and hallways that adorn the games house.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
Escher and Thich Nhat Hanh made installation art, but because it’s Broder, author of the hilariously dark oddball novel “Milk Fed,” the boundary-pushing hallucinatory musings make sense.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
These audition studios are a series of corners, hallways connecting to hallways, like an Escher drawing, a staircase becoming an upside-down door.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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