that moment when you realize
after you’ve laid out
and built the frame
of a large detailed 1,000 piece puzzle
that you may have assembled
the perfectly symmetrical framing
upside down
with no way now to turn it without breaking it
due to the limited table size dimensions
(damn math)
and might likely have to build the whole thing upside down.
—
“the art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.”
-douglas horton
headed off to the puzzle house
to try out an ‘escape room adventure’
just going in was a bit scary
and i thought
we might have to escape right away
but
eight of us
ventured in
and
read a story
memorized details
then used
codes that we had to translate and crack
black lights
a laser
a microscope
a tangram puzzle
a piñata head
hidden and found things
boxes
math
logic
wild guesses
opinions
ideas
sweat
spiders
stars
moons
crystals
locks
a lot of darkness
and a little bit of wit
we had one hour and made it through two rooms
never got into the third
but
what an adventure
and
eight of us ventured back out.
—–
“there are always wonderful mysteries to confront.”
-david e.
i have such a great assistant
nacho the cat not the food
takes his place
plops down
right in the middle
of the stones of lake superior
and
works hard
to help me
solve the puzzle
moving pieces
bumping my hand
meowing bright ideas
then it all just becomes a bit too exhausting
so why move
when you can just flop over
and blend in?
his work is done here.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 