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"Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind."
-- William James
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Man playing a saxophone. Or a woman.
Man or Liar??
(tilt your head sideways and read)
The Endless Triangle
impossible!
One woman or two?
The vase profiles.
how many prongs on the tuning fork?
The impossible trident.
First, ensure you have both circles visible onscreen: then look into the center black dot for about ten seconds..... move toward and away from the screen.
The 1977 Silver Jubilee gift to Queen Elizabeth: her profile is on the right, Prince Philip's is on the left.
the most famous of illusions: two perspectives of a woman, young and old.
nothing more than lines in all direction, really
The old man is obvious-
but do you see the lover's embrace?
Perhaps the most difficult illusion.
look at the eyes- the dark shadowed eyes are the hair of the two embracing, the nose is the girl's face profile as she is turned in a kiss. The lips of the old man are is the arm of the boy around the girl.
How many colors here?
Most will say three or four.
The placement of the green squares deceives the eye-- there are two colors here, red and green.
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