Something fun this Monday morning. I’ve always loved optical illusions and I thought I’d share a few with you all today. Check them out — they’re cool and trippy! Then tell me if these illusions boggled your mind and eyes!
FLOWING LEAVES: The brown leaf shapes against a green background make this look as if the entire group is flowing—making waves if you focus on the picture as a whole.
PULSING VORTEX: If you stare at this one long enough you’ll notice a fast and pulsing multicolored vortex.
WAVES: The blue almond-shaped objects look as if they’re all passing over three separate columns.
HYPNOSIS: Although this image is comprised of simple purple and green squares outlined in black, it looks like it is bulging out in the center.
KALEIDOSCOPE: A collection of black, blue, green and white shapes appears to be five different kaleidoscope-type figures—each swirling toward their centers.
BULLSEYE: If you stare at the center of the image, it looks as if the outer rings are rotating in alternating directions—an effect meant to mesmerize the viewer.
Are you curious how these optical illusions work? What your eyes perceive when looking at one of these images is actually a visual illusion; you see the image as something different than what it is because the different cells and receptors in your eyes distinguish images and colors at dissimilar speeds. The eye can only receive a limited amount of visual stimuli, but as your brain constantly processes the visual information, it gives you the illusion of continuous sight. Whether it’s an optical, physiological or cognitive illusion, the design plays a trick on your eyes (and mind). Cool, huh?
Janelle Denison finds it hard to believe that it’s been nearly 25 years since she first started writing romance novels. At first, it was a way to pass idle time while her husband worked swing shift, but before long it became an obsession to get published. Luckily, she kept at it (it took her over 5 years to get that first book published!) and is now a Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, and USA Today Bestselling author! Now, after selling over 45 plus novels, she finds that her Plotmonkey pals help to keep her stories fresh and unique, and she can’t imagine writing a story without their input. Janelle lives in Oregon with her husband, Don, along with two teenage daughters that keep life interesting.
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Too early in the morning for my eyes to actually focus on anything. good thing I haven’t been drinking.
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Whoa, that can make a person dizzy!
The only one I couldn’t “see” what the second one. These are more fun than those picture within a picture things; I can never see what others do.
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The second picture is the one that stood out the most for me!
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oh dear, hope this isn’t signaling some kind of brain mis-fire.
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I can see them all…neato…and I thought I was just tired.
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I could see them all. Think it would be pretty interesting to try and look at these after drinking.
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I’m sure they’d look twice as trippy after a few drinks, LOL!
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Trippy! I also like stuff like this, very cool, and thank you for including the explanation. I didn’t know before why we see these images the way we do, but now I’m all clued in. I feel smarter already LOL.
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Very cool and definitely trippy
My niece had a baby girl-Madeleine last night. 7lbs. 8 oz. and 20 inches long.:-)
Can’t wait to see the pictures. My niece lives in Ga so I can’t just run over to the hospital from Colorado.
Have a wonderful day. We had some light snow yesterday but the sun is shining today.
Cher
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Congratulations on the new baby in the family, Aunt Cher!
It’s a very rainy day here in Oregon today. :rain: There’s supposed to be a cold front moving in, so I’d say that Fall is definitely here for the season!
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Thanks, Janelle. She’s a happy addition. :-)
Cher
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Cool Beans! I love those things!
They are really are trippy! 
Bet that’s not a word the kids know these days, huh? Funny how we find the stranges things so interesting!
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Interesting–only some of them worked on me. Maybe I’ve had too much caffeine! I’m focusing too hard.
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As a migraine person, I hate optical illusions, LOL! Have fun with it guys!
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UGH! Thanks for the headache.
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Since I already have a headache those optical illusion were making it worse!! That said I do like things like that. They are interesting.
Lucky you getting rain, we need more here but it is sunny & warm! We also have lots of beautiful fall color in this little corner of the world.
Everyone have a good week.
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These are cool, Janelle! I can see all of them…but it does give me a headache if I look too long. Fun stuff!
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I’m another one who gets headaches from optical illusions, but I did learn this morning that I find it easier to see the illusion if I’ve forgotten to put my glasses on.
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Me, too (I get migraines).
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Okay, maybe I should have put a warning for those who get headaches easily!
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love love love optical illusions!
esp since I can’t see the 3D images in pictures – those … oh I can’t remember- they were so popular in the 90s…