mespheres. On the other hand, the creation of a one-of-a-kind Termesphere may take as long as a year.
  Is there life beyond 6-point perspective? Yes, says Termes. For example, frequently in a large building like the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the tiling of the floors is diagonal to the main lines of the building. Add a chair or a table "catty-wompus," and you introduce more vanishing points. Edges of objects all lie on great circles; unfortunately, too many of these additions create "an ugly picture." Termes believes that order makes things beautiful, and our eyes can take only so much in the way of disorder.
  The largest Termesphere was commissioned by the Law Enforcement Academy in Douglas, Wyoming. This 7 ˝ foot

diameter ball was originally destined to become a giant orange, rotating Union 76 gas station sign before it was hijacked by Termes in its transparent state. He explains his painting in this way "You have orderly and disorderly people, and they must live together." Two groups populate the sphere: orderly people, recognizable by their conical hats, construct Polyhedra and disorderly people in inverted conical hats chip them away. This outdoor Termesphere is painted from the inside and like its genetic parent, the Union 76 sign, lights up and rotates.
    Looking for Order is the name of one of the latest Termespheres. This sphere is illustrated with portraits of Einstein at different ages of his life. Reflecting on Einstein's quote that if you could look far enough in one direction you could see the back of your head, one of the artist's many translucent cubes in the portrait emanates from Einstein's eye, circles the sphere, and returns. This rotating piece, which dedicates itself to dimension and time, might have received a nod from Einstein himself. Or perhaps it is a nod from Einstein?
    One feature of Termespheres is their ability to inspire a good deal of contemplative study as we view our world literally turned inside out. The creation North is South repeats the objects on the north and south walls of a room, but the view on east and west walls reveals a subtle difference: a cat seen on the east wall appears at a different angle and size on the west wall. Other, transparent Termespheres allow one to obtain a view inside and outside and …through space. Termes had been unaware of the great perspective artist M.C. Escher until graduate school. Escher once painted himself reflected in a mirrored ball; in admiration of that self-portrait, Termes created a sphere from the point of view of the ball, detailing Escher in his surrounding room!