Shifting Perspectives: An Escher-Inspired Illustration for Developmental Evaluation
Every so often, an idea arrives that refuses to sit still until it’s drawn. This latest piece—a tribute to M.C. Escher’s Relativity —came from exactly that kind of persistent nudge. Escher’s world of impossible staircases has always fascinated me: people moving in different directions, following their own gravitational logic, completely unaware that someone else’s “up” is their “sideways.” It’s strange. It’s playful. And it’s the perfect metaphor for the messy, multi-layered work of Developmental Evaluation . In Halcolm’s book, we’re wrestling with questions of adaptation, innovation, and learning in real time. There’s no single path forward. There’s no clean blueprint to follow. Instead, there are many people—each with their own roles, assumptions, and vantage points—trying to make sense of a dynamic landscape. Progress is rarely linear… and sometimes it feels like the staircase just flipped again. That’s the energy I wanted to capture. Why Halcolm Keeps Appearing In the illustra...