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The piece of art I am responding to is “Crazy Stairs” by MC Escher. Escher is probably my favorite artist because I like his style of dream-like images. “Crazy Stairs” is a lithograph made in 1953. There are so many things going on in the picture, it boggles your mind. Pretty much, there are a bunch of stair cases in the picture, and they are all going in different directions. There are stairs facing upward, and stairs that are upside down. The other thing in the picture is a human figure that is scattered randomly throughout the picture much like the stairs. The thing about this figure though is that it is sulking about in a monotonous manner. To me, I think the person is depressed, and is going through a never-ending pattern (significance of the stairs). My thoughts on why the stairs and the person are placed in the most obscure fashion is that there are so many things going on in that persons life that everything builds up, and he cant comprehend anything. The only thing he can do is think of everything as being crazy, and that his life is spiraling out of control. I think there can be two different moods of this picture. First, it could be implying a happy mood because the stairs are bouncing all over the place in a fun way. The picture could also give off a sad or lethargic vibe because of the boredom of the mysterious figure.