>>No. I find it interesting because of the whole "starving artist who paints himself ill and just can't stop because his soul is tearing at him to get it out onto canvas" stuff I keep hearing about artists.
>>
>>As for Escher, I have no idea what his regime was, if he had one.
>
>Probably not that totalitarian :).
>
>Besides, our own starving artist has returned from his various states, and tries occasionally to draw some Escherian images using only words.

I have to admit I get a bit miffed at some of the people who call themselves artists and give that whole song and dance about having to create because it's in their soul, and they just have to get their wonderous works out onto canvas before they can eat or sleep. Then I see samples of their work and can only call it, and I'm trying to be kind here, crap.