KALEIDOSCOPY Compound term created from 3 Greek roots (by inventor and scientist D. Brewster, in 1917) : kalós bello , eîdos form , figure , appearance and skopein look , ; that is, to look at a beautiful image. A kaleidoscope is a simple optical instrument that produces a very attractive visual effect by repeating images in the 3 mirrors. Composed of a hexagonal base tube, with three facing mirrors forming a triangular prism, and pieces of free-flowing colored sheets, its churning gives rise to a fascinating explosion of shapes and colors, magic, surprise, art and science. It extends the scope to philosophy and the arts by talking about cultural kaleidoscope when themes such as folklore, music, art, food, and languages are combined. In philosophy it refers to a mental supericono imagined by the patient. Thus kaleidoscopy is the art of making kaleidoscopes, but in the cultural sense it is the art of combining sciences, arts and worldly activities such as gastronomy or oratory. In the physiological or philosophical aspect it is the action of combining the scenes of the images perceived in the brain.
