Image: Ambigram Magic Dream - mirror symmetry with a handheld pattern giving a reversed shadow on a blue wall

Description: Ambigram Magic / Dream. Mirror symmetry (vertical axis) with a handheld pattern giving a reversed shadow on a blue wall. There is an expression, "it's all done with smoke and mirrors", used to explain something baffling. On the right, a human hand holds a white cloud of paper with holes as letter shapes. Contre-jour photograph, where the word "Dream" cut out within the cloud filters the sunlight to produce a symmetrical shadow on the left, displaying the word "Magic" on a wall. The blue background evokes the sky. Here the trick is immediately revealed through the photography, however it is possible for a conjurer to use the hollow pattern in the cloud of paper, to delude spectators. Mise en abyme is a formal technique of placing a copy of an image within itself, often in a way that suggests an infinitely recurring sequence (kind of self-reference). Magical magic ✨️ :-)
Title: Ambigram Magic Dream - mirror symmetry with a handheld pattern giving a reversed shadow on a blue wall
Credit: Own work
Author: Basile Morin
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