19-08-2025, 08:24 PM
Someone well educated, potentially well-traveled, and not artistically gifted. What does the VMs artist know? All the things from swallowtail merlons to nebuly lines to mythical Melusine and the Agnus Dei.
It's not a hoax. It is a trick. In particular examples, the VMs cosmos and White Aries, trickery is an intentional part of the illustration. The papelonny patterns are in place, but the trick fails if the reader can't do the canting.
The VMs was constructed as a puzzle, a hiding place for something, but it is unclear if the remaining parts are sufficient to recover that information.
It's not a hoax. It is a trick. In particular examples, the VMs cosmos and White Aries, trickery is an intentional part of the illustration. The papelonny patterns are in place, but the trick fails if the reader can't do the canting.
The VMs was constructed as a puzzle, a hiding place for something, but it is unclear if the remaining parts are sufficient to recover that information.