What the Heck

"Georgia Brown, from Aldershot, Hampshire, astounded experts by scoring 152 in an IQ test - putting her in the top 2% of the population for her age." "She scored 152 points but I think she could have got more - she just got very tired. Concentrating for three-quarters-of-an-hour at that young age is amazing." More

Labels: brilliant, life, seemslikemagic

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"om Beshara credits a love of M. C. Escher's optical illusions as the inspiration behind his "pirolettes," small wooden statues in which two heads appear to face off nose to nose. Carved in maple, walnut, or cherry, the nine-inch-tall sculptures' strong graphic lines evoke mini Eames stools. But their real appeal is the hidden profile of a child's face revealed in the object's negative space." More

Labels: art, brilliant, design, nostalgia

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Labels: brilliant, design, isitreal

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