PERCEPTION . . . IMAGINATION. . . METAPHOR . . . MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . MAGIC


a web page presented for discussion of how we might make a couple of points in our booth at Da Vinci Days, 2002.
Click on the pictures to explore further.

Seek new visions by peering past the edges of  easy human comprehension
What ARE those puzzles?
You can find magic in places you never thought to look.

LOOK . . .
SEE! . . .
It's simply NOT what it seems.

Think first!  Ask questions later.
Making the blocks a cube is easy . . . but only if you first give it a little bit of extra thought.
Let your mind dance to the abstract rhythms that human eyes and ears do not sense.

...otherwise...
FRUSTRATION!        FAILURE!!            FUTILITY!!!

It's mathematical . . . but very, very simple math

MASTER SOME MATH . . . MATH LEADS TO MAGIC!


Foil the hucksters.           Be the magician.       Learn a few good tricks of your own.
Learn a few good tricks of your own!

We found it in Martin Gardner's 'Mathematical Games'
Show how or prove it can't be done.
It's all in understanding a bit of optics.
You are a vampire!
Magic of the Mind
That's impossible!

Be sure to take home some Paradox Boxes.
Watch the magicians.
Take home some tricks.

 
 
Clicking here can reveal a lot of secrets!
It makes a cube
,,,or does it ??

There's  more than meets the eye!
Sneaky . . . diabolical . . . devious...

Stereoscopic vision can be a powerful tool
     . . . if you understand it.
Discover how to see like a giant.
Learn how to extend your 3-D vision.


Have many copies of this puzzle -- each a different color so they don't get mixed up.

Click here to learn a LOT more about the puzzles....but it's a different Web site......so use 'Back' to return.
The puzzle handout, "Whats up," has a lot of additional information, including Web site URL's.


PSEUDOSCIENCE HAPPENS

When you get stuck in imagination...
...and don't get to math and magic.
 


click on an item in the box to see what it is


PERCEPTION . . . IMAGINATION. . . METAPHOR . . . MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . MAGIC