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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan Spends 7 Years Drawing Incredibly Intricate Maze
Almost 30 years ago a Japanese custodian sat in front of a large A1 size sheet of white paper, whipped out a pen and started drawing the beginnings of diabolically complex maze, each twist and turn springing spontaneously from his brain onto the paper without aid of a computer. The hobby would consume him as he drew in his spare time until its completion nearly 7 years later when the final labyrinth was rolled up and almost forgotten. Twitter user @Kya7y was recently going through some of her fathers old things (hes still a custodian at a public university) when she happened upon the maze and snapped a few photos to share on Twitter. She was quickly inundated by requests from friends and eventually strangers who had endless questions, the most obvious being: are you making prints!? Im not sure if prints will be made (Ill definitely let you know if I hear anything), but it still boggles the mind simply looking at these few snapshots.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/01/man-spends-7-years-drawing-incredibly-intricate-maze/
yourout
(7,534 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)I think I'm getting dizzy!
longship
(40,416 posts)This is nothing new. It goes back to Crowther and Woods and their Colossal Cave.
Now, if this guy can populate his colossal cave with evil dwarves, dragons, bears, the maze in the title (plus another with passages all different), and treasures and puzzles galore, then he'd have something.
Waiting...
Nevermind, "Plugh!" "XYZZY!"
Ah! Yes!
And it begins...
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)We used a digital decwriter 3 dot matrix printer w/keyboard as an interface. It was a blast.
Dad was using a new system at work and he would take me to work during the summer to play that game and chess (although we just called it 'adventure').
dballance
(5,756 posts)Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)benld74
(9,911 posts)tjwash
(8,219 posts)Tuesday.
wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)I would learn Japanese just so this dude could be my DM.
randome
(34,845 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)The republican brain has only two states, yes and (mostly) no. There are no gray areas, partial solutions are not allowed.
krawhitham
(4,647 posts)What an amazing waste of time
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Psephos
(8,032 posts)krawhitham
(4,647 posts)damn I wasted 5 seconds
NOT 7 YEARS
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)And I am still not finished.
randome
(34,845 posts)He'd been trapped there for seven years, for Christ's sake!
NightOwwl
(5,453 posts)The mind does what the mind does
miyazaki
(2,253 posts)shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)derby378
(30,252 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,763 posts)Orrex
(63,226 posts)byronius
(7,401 posts)No choice.
Just to see if it works.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)another_liberal
(8,821 posts)I think I see a mistake, right there next to the swirly thingy.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)aptal
(304 posts)Awesome!
NightOwwl
(5,453 posts)They are oddly soothing.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)NightOwwl
(5,453 posts)Beautiful was my second.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)I've heard that you can solve these things if you only make left turns.
GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)It can be either left or right wall.
SunSeeker
(51,734 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)BVictor1
(229 posts)True dedication.
Initech
(100,107 posts)Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Some of those paths are less than a millimeter wide.