Optical Illusions
What is your brain telling your eyes?
The brain has devised shortcuts to understand what it is seeing. Shadows, perspective, and color are all clues the brain uses in order to make decisions about what it is looking at..
The human brain is constantly alert. As humans, we are predisposed to make what we see logical.
Why is my brain seeing this?
Human Features
Why is my brain telling my eyes what to see?
From infancy, we have the ability to quickly recognize fellow human beings, study their features, and mimic expressions.
In order to preserve and procreate- all humans recognize other humans. Similarly, all other creatures do the same. For example, dogs recognize other dogs, birds know their specific breed, and cats know their own species as well.
Let's Take a Look
Human Features
On the left you see an eye, yes?
No- it is actually a soapy sink draining water. But you get an idea of how our brains automatically seek out fellow human features
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Perspective
The secret to optical illusions is perspective. Magicians and illusionists base their entire act on what the viewer can’t see instead of what they can.
When you flip, turn, and twist your
perspective you will see the illusion's secrets.
And quickly discover that it is not an illusion at all; but, instead just a different perspective.
Let's Take a Look
The Rubik's Cube Illusion. Here it looks like it is on paper on a desk. Click to see the real perspective.
You can see here that the image was elongated and the paper was trimmed to give the image life.
Can you see how perspective can change everything?
The Rubik's Cube Illusion. Here it looks like it is on paper on a desk. Click to see the real perspective.
Truth is in the eye of the beholder
