Recently I visited the Escher museum (http://www.escherinhetpaleis.nl/) in The Hague. They have a statement of Escher on the wall in which he expresses his he expresses his sadness that Islam didnt allow depiction of anything else other than abstract patterns. Apparently Escher works of interlocking creatures were inspired by his visits to the mosques in Spain (?)... Guess Penrose wasn't the only one in "the west" to have discovered those mathematical qualities.
Being one of the lucky ones, who always "randomly" gets picked by the TSA, I must say the idea has crossed my mind to do something similar. I don't mind the rights issue. Anyone can go through my bags and see if I really didn't bring that nuke this time.
However I do have problems with the utter disrespect with which the TSA people treat my property. Last trip I arrived home to find my bag filled with the coffee I bought. The container was apparently ripped open to see if it really was coffee I was carrying from the USA back to Europe. On another occasion something similar happened to a jar of homemade Tamarind Chutney. I mean how hard is it, to put a plastic bag around opened materials? I guess to get employed by the TSA, any life form with two hands will do...
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Recently I visited the Escher museum (http://www.escherinhetpaleis.nl/) in The Hague. They have a statement of Escher on the wall in which he expresses his he expresses his sadness that Islam didnt allow depiction of anything else other than abstract patterns. Apparently Escher works of interlocking creatures were inspired by his visits to the mosques in Spain (?)... Guess Penrose wasn't the only one in "the west" to have discovered those mathematical qualities.
Being one of the lucky ones, who always "randomly" gets picked by the TSA, I must say the idea has crossed my mind to do something similar. I don't mind the rights issue. Anyone can go through my bags and see if I really didn't bring that nuke this time. However I do have problems with the utter disrespect with which the TSA people treat my property. Last trip I arrived home to find my bag filled with the coffee I bought. The container was apparently ripped open to see if it really was coffee I was carrying from the USA back to Europe. On another occasion something similar happened to a jar of homemade Tamarind Chutney. I mean how hard is it, to put a plastic bag around opened materials? I guess to get employed by the TSA, any life form with two hands will do...