The domino effect refers to how one task or action can cause other tasks or actions to succeed, creating a ripple effect of success that leads to further success in later ones. As an entrepreneur, it’s vitally important to recognize this dynamic in business and make wise decisions that can ensure its growth and prosperity.
Dominoes are small rectangular blocks used as gaming pieces. Made of rigid materials such as wood or bone, dominoes may also be known by other names: bones, cards, men, tiles, spinners or tickets. Dominoes can be stacked vertically or horizontally and typically twice their width at length is shown by how many dots, known as pip dots on its two adjacent faces; most sets consist of 28 pieces while larger sets may also be available for certain games.
Dominoes are traditionally used for positional games in which players set down dominoes edge to edge against one another in such a manner that their adjacent faces either have equal numbers of pip or form some specified total (e.g. 5 to 1) Some dominoes feature top half thickness and bottom half thickness that is composed entirely of one material such as silver lip ocean pearl oyster shell (MOP), ivory or ebony for an even more luxurious aesthetic and feel.
Dominoes can provide children with both fun and educational benefits when used in classrooms to develop math and social skills. Plus they add an aesthetic element to any room!
Some people enjoy using dominoes as an artistic form, lining them up in long rows and then knocking them down, but others use them as a form of creative expression. Some create stunning artwork using dominoes while others construct structures resembling castles or other buildings using dominoes; still others build towers or bridges intended to be seen from above.
Hevesh has constructed hundreds of domino sculptures over time and uses test versions as prototypes to gain insight into how finished products will appear from different angles. She films each step slowly so as to identify any issues that need correcting quickly. Her test versions give an idea of what the finished version will look like from various vantage points.
Hevesh enjoys creating her pieces, but she finds greater pleasure in watching them collapse on their own. “As soon as that first domino hits, there’s this potential energy which gets released and pushes on to push on the next domino.”