Our time and space is governed by this number. Months, hours, tribes, zodiac signs, and disciples are all counted by twelve. The windows are integrated into the background through the burning contrast of hot and cold colors. It is hard to differentiate which is the first plane, the red or the blue. This phenomenon is like when one feels a burning sensation but can not determine whether the source is hot or cold.
News portrays a simple concept for our modern life in the news.
Jacob realizes that our society is allowed to feel what we see, hear, or read in the media. He also feels sad that the worse the news is seems to make it more attractive to follow. His work captures an essence of the unconscious while trying to push the limits of visual perception The genial personality that Escher expresses has remained in Jacob's work. The drawings trick our mind because our senses look for logic in all that we see, hear, touch, or smell. What we are actually seeing is a classic example of illusion.