#moebius strip

[bishopsbox]

source: bishopsbox

Moebius strip II (1963), woodcut in red, black and gray-green, printed from three blocks

by: M.C. Escher

[theoretical-mutant-4734]

Moebius strip cut in half , and then cut in half again. So weird

[sspacegodd]

Dr. Möebius gives Mr. Escher a ride to work.

[the-entangler]

La fissa di questi ultimi giorni si chiama The Devil's Hour, una serie scritta da Tom Moran e disponibile su Prime video. Sono appena 6 episodi, ma bastano e avanzano per mandare in brodo di giuggiole gli impallinati di labirinti metafisici e paradossi temporali quale io mi ritengo. 

L'incipit è piuttosto semplice e forse anche un po' abusato - come del resto quasi tutti i tropes presenti nella trama, ma è dal loro intreccio che emerge la qualità della scrittura. 

Lucy è a letto. Dopo una lunga giornata può finalmente riposare tranquilla, salvo che fuori è ancora buio e lei è sveglia come un grillo. Che ora è? Le 3:33 - l'ora del diavolo, la chiamano. Le leggende a proposito si sprecano, storie di streghe e ricorrenze sinistre, ma quel che importa è che tutte le sante mattine Lucy si sveglia a quest'ora. Magari sarà un caso, o magari si trova in uno sceneggiato prodotto da Steven Moffat, e ormai si sa quanto si diverta a incasinare le cose. Comunque l'insonnia non è l'unico problema, ahimè. Lucy infatti ha come dei flash, tipo immagini nascoste tra i fotogrammi della vita. Vede forse frammenti di futuro? Beh senz'altro farebbe molto comodo, ma poi i fatti la smentiscono - cioè non si avverano. Allora magari sono semplici ricordi. In un certo senso sì, ma non del passato e nemmeno del futuro in senso stretto. Vabbè, allora chiamiamoli deja vu e non se ne parli più. Ma a cosa sono dovuti? Beh è proprio questo il mistero intorno al quale ruota l'intera storia. Si potrebbe pensare che siano solo gli effetti della mancanza di sonno, però questo non spiegherebbe perché suo figlio abbia le stesse visioni. La mente di Isaac è un rebus per gli psicologi. La sua incapacità di esprimere emozioni unita alla sua farebbero pensare a un disturbo dello spettro autistico, eppure il bambino riesce nell'impresa impossibile di mettere d'accordo tutti gli psicologi, che escludono categoricamente la diagnosi. Il fatto è che Isaac vede la realtà in maniera diversa da noi, un po' come accade per sua madre e sua nonna, ma incasinata alla potenza dieci: persone, oggetti ed eventi che in nessun modo dovrebbero essere lì eppure ci sono, anzi, a volte ci si ritrova in mezzo. E infine c'è Gideon, interpretato da un Peter Capaldi pazzo come un cavallo, che con i suoi "cominci a capire ora?" e il suo comportamento paranoide suggerisce ai protagonisti e allo spettatore le istruzioni dell'intero giochino narrativo. Che poi sarebbe il suo di giochino, se proprio vogliamo fare quelli che non si precludono nessuna interpretazione. Una cosa un po' alla Shamalayan e un po' alla Henry James, ma soprattutto direi alla Schroedinger. Di fronte a questo enigma fatto di cicli e snodi what if, realtà alternative e coesistenti che finiscono per sfiorarsi, il fatto che la narrazione riesca a non perdere mai la bussola trovo che sia un merito notevolissimo e per niente scontato, e ammetto di avere un po' di timore per come potrebbero incasinarsi le cose nella prossima stagione - a quanto pare già in programma - ma, beh, staremo a vedere. 

could talk about this for hours

[not-poignant]

Hihiii,

I know you don't look at fanfics for stories you currently work on which is completely understandable, but do you still look at fanart? Just wondering! :) love your characters and stories

Hi anon!

I absolutely look at fanart and share it (as well as the fanfic even if I'm not actively reading it at the time). Fanart is different because people are almost never sharing new plot points or anything! And also I find it really motivational. Like, I've literally looked at fanart and then immediately gone and written a new chapter 5 minutes later :D

[teecupangel]

Alright, people. Here's your reminder that on the early morning of October 5 (that's tomorrow), the following will be uploaded:

The next chapter of Eagle of Alamut

The last chapter of Möbius

A short sequel smut of A Break

More tumblr posts from December 2022 as part of Teecup Tumblr Fic Ideas/Requests/Prompts

[inkydigit]

Grey Sky Moebius

[needtricks-blog]

Afghan Bands The Perplexing Mystery of the Moebius Strip Trick

Afghan Bands The Perplexing Mystery of the Moebius Strip Trick. What You Need A strip of newspaper or cloth, approximately 4 inches wide by 3 feet long Scissor Glue or paste. Understanding Moebius Strips. Moebius strips are fascinating mathematical objects that defy our intuition. They have only one side and one edge! This trick plays with the properties of a Moebius strip, allowing you to create…

[diadelcaracol]

moebius strip thingy. very good stim toy. downside is you have to hold it or keep it in your pockets so it doesn't get damaged

[lemuseum]

[gravelgirty]

Forever on a Flowstone Moebius Strip.

I'd like this at my funeral.

Barb MacLeod, you treasure you.

"Go sit with the stalactites you will see..."

[fuiru]

A 44 year old man goes to a K-Pop Concert

I promised you a report on the K-pop concert that I, a 44-year-old accountant, went to a couple of weeks ago with my wife and daughter in Toronto. So here it is.

The band we saw were Ateez. They're my daughter's favourite band and my wife's second favourite. I know most of my mutuals are similarly aged like me and may not be familiar with them so let me give you a brief primer on Ateez.

Imagine the most attractive eight men you can think of, just unfathomably beautiful specimens of aesthetic perfection, and make them sing songs that somehow combine the subjects of 'dancing like nobody is watching' with 'we live in a dystopian hellscape that we must all work together to overthrow'. Give them an ongoing music video story lore that literally nobody - not even the band themselves - understand, so that online discussion of their visual motifs looks more like the fevered rantings of a conspiracy theorist, complete with speculation about alternate realities and time being a Moebius strip. There is also a giant sand timer, for some reason.

That's Ateez. That's what you need to know.

Now, K-pop concerts are very different to the gigs I've been going to for the last 28 (!) years. There's no support act, for a start. Also the band perform for like, three hours, with breaks for costume changes and interpretive dance. Furthermore, hanging above everything is the constant looming threat of mandatory military service.

So this being my first such concert, I wasn't sure what to expect. What happened was difficult to explain, but I will try as I am already six paragraphs into this write-up and I'm too invested to stop now. Here goes:

In his Wicked + Divine comics series, Kieron Gillen places modern pop icons as deities, feeding upon and gaining strength from the worship of their fans at the altar of musical performance. I thought I understood that metaphor. I thought I understood it AS a metaphor. I was wrong, because that night Ateez WERE Gods with a capital G and we were their worshippers, a crowd emanating adoration (in the religious and non-religious senses), bestowing strength upon them and gaining their strength in return.

If that sounds weird, it probably is. But as pointed out above, I have lived over four decades and never yet experienced anything like the overwhelming passion of that crowd, the utter abandon with which they conveyed their love for the band.

"But Fuiru, what of the actual music?" you ask. Thinking back, there was a moment in one of their songs - I can't remember which - where I watched the stage, and the people around me, taking it in, and I thought, "Man, I just love Music". But that doesn't answer your question, sorry.

Ateez's music is bloody great. As a tiresome indie/rock/metal kid I'm resisting the urge to add the usual tiresome indie/rock/metal caveat of "...for pop music" because honestly that does it a disservice. They have some genuinely amazing songs. Halazia is an absolute fucking masterpiece that descends into furious hardcore breakbeat. Bouncy is a big, brash racket that somehow is also a perfect pop song. Utopia, Wonderland, and Guerrilla are similarly superb. The obligatory boy band slow number is represented by Dancing Like Butterfly Wings which will make you cry because you will forever associate it with your twelve year old daughter being pointed to and waved at by her favourite Ateez member (Seonghwa) because of her Seonghwa-branded lightstick.

That might just be me, though.

So in summary: being a 44 year old dad at his first K-pop concert rules and you should endeavour to partake in the experience if the opportunity arises.

Finally, for any Atiny reading this: my bias would be San or Seonghwa but my wife and daughter said they were taken so it’s Mingi. My concert outfit (designed and created by my offspring) reflects this.

[cali]

doomscrolling engraved runes on my moebius strip

[youare-number6]

Möbius Strip World - Pt 1

A Möbius Strip is a surface that can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half twist.

Making a Möbius Strip

So I borrowed and made prompts based on the Mobius Strip. I did learn along the way that the AI can tell the difference between a Möbius Strip and a Moebius Strip. Many of these were made with the misspelled Moebius Strip. But the AI didn't really understand what a Mobius Strip is with either spelling so it mostly made spirals or parts of spirals. If I did it over again I would include an image of a Mobius Strip as part of the image prompt.

Th images in this series are mixtures of text and image prompts. Keep watching for the ones with the beat up RV image prompts.

[puddicure]

Average Utena Duel Song be like

[soulful full choir]

THE MERMAID PRINCESS…..

YEARNING FOR THE LAND, NEVER KNOWING LOVE

THE MERMAID PRINCESS….

TRADES AWAY HER FINS, SEEKING OUT TRUE LOVE!

[aggressive arpeggiating church organ]

THE FISHERMAN DESCENDS TO THE SEA KING’S PALACE,

A MERMAID’S FLESH GRANTS ETERNAL LIFE

THE TRAGEDY REPEATS LIKE A MOEBIUS STRIP!

MOEBIUS MOEBIUS MOEBIUS MOEBIUS….

[fucking sick electric guitar riff]

MERMAID HUMAN MERMAID HUMAN MERMAID HUMAN

MERMAID!

HUMAN!

FLASH!

[MIDI Keyboard Bubble sting]

BECOME!! SEAFOAM!

And it’s one of the most kickass things you’ve heard in your fucking life

[kustas]

Hii, do you have some recommendations for euro comics that are available in english (aside from moebius' stuff and rabbi's cat)? :)

Die Laughing: Franquin is a household name in "classic" (60/70s) euro comics, while he's mostly known for his children's adventure comics I believe this one is worth reading if for the art alone. They're short stories if not single page comics that are akin to newspaper comic strips if it wasn't for their edgier, pessimistic content.

The Arctic Marauder: Fantastical drama set in the late 19th century that entirely commits to the bit. Drawn like old engravings and with equally inspired paneling, this is a great looking comic. The story might be a bit too weird for the average reader, it's pessimistic and political, and like in all of Tardi's work every character is mean and ugly. I like it there

Black Order Brigade: spoke about this one on here before. A bunch of ageing former spanish facist fighters decide to reunite for a final battle following a terrorist attack. Good thriller that carries the weight of upcoming death throughout it's whole run. If you like martial themes this one's for you

Anything by Druillet, a slightly forgotten king of trippy ass paneling and 70s fantasy stories. If you like the album covers Roger Dean made and ever thought "hm. I wish giant space mechs and reality bending adventures happened in there, and I also wish I could sear off my eyeballs reading comics". You're in luck. Strongly recommend getting the physical editions for these ones

All of these artists are big french names from the same era as Moebius or right after, who while super famous here don't have much name recognition internationally outsides of niche fan circles.

For non french artists, I'm a huge fan of Sergio Toppi (who I discovered pretty recently! With his mythology series. Got the ice themed one). He has very striking style. His work got compiled in collected volumes of shorts which are pretty good

Fpr one last rec, I'm giving this one with a strong disclaimer: this is not very good. While it's interesting to look at and fun at times you'll have to grit your teeth through a lot of fantasy genre cringe compilation classics. If you're ready to suffer in the name of camp, The Mercenary is a spanish comic entirely oil painted with frankly ridiculous detail that I've regularly read when I have no more brain and want to see guns mounted dragons. 70s Sci-fi Art on tumblr has a great collection of the artist's work, mostly illustration, but there's some panels here and there.

That's about all that comes to mind for today :)