Fun with Optical Illusions

Fun with Optical Illusions

by Robin Bush, ISR Communications

Sight is the nearly magical sense that translates light into color and shapes for many people (although not all) and helps us understand our surroundings. Interestingly, many of us incorporate sight terms in speech when we refer to someone as having insights, foresight, or hindsight or declare that “seeing is believing” or  something is “Out of sight, out of mind.” We can also use our sense of sight to challenge ourselves to see and think in new ways.

The complex relationship between the eye and the brain can make things like optical illusions fun to explore.  There are hundreds on the internet if you search for optical illusions, and you can use these to challenge your brain to perceive things differently.  Try this one – do you see a vase or two faces?  Can you convince your brain to go back and forth and see one and then the other?