The brain and illusions

There are so many optical illusions that feature an object or picture that can be seen in two different ways. But have you ever seen an illusion that can be interpreted in three different ways?

I love the idea of spreading images across railings.  Here is how it looks when it is done really well....enjoy!    

Just like in 2011, let's wrap up 2012 with some of the most mind-bending photos or artworks we came across this year. Though an illusion is defined in several different ways, we like it when it's described as something that distorts our senses or changes our perceived reality. From clever companies to creative street artists, these were the top works that really messed with our minds.

Painting on the house for real this time, painted this optical illusion for a party we have at our house each year. I didnt get to finish it completely ,I wanted to paint the inside of the house through the hole in the wall but I ended up just making it dark. Some of the front baloons are real baloons, they shrunk a bit before I took the photo so they seem a bit out of scale with the painted ones.

They've done it again! Steve Plummer and Pat Ashforth have created another amazing work of art with illusion knitting.

Since Manet (and Degas, Monet, and Cezanne), artists have sought to undermine the illusion of space that had ruled painting since about 1425.

An illusion we made on our street, turns out these toy cars actually have a purpose.

An oldie but a goodie...

http://www.videobash.com Check out this awesome YesNo illusion by Markus Raetz. I have to admit, it really does play tricks with your brain!

The Psychologist in this video is Vilayanur S. Ramachandran. http://cbc.ucsd.edu/ramabio.html V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute.