Clockwise...Or Counter-Clockwise?
This is pretty cool. When I look at the image at this link, it seems extremely clear that the dancer is moving clockwise. But apparently, that's far from a universal read on things - in fact, it's designed to see if you are a right-brain or left-brain person. Clockwise is a right brainer, counter-clockwise is left-brain, and those who see it both ways (at alternate viewings) use both sides of their brain fairly eventy.
Which is crazy, because the damn thing is moving clockwise, people.
For the record, us right-brained folks are:
RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking
You left-brainers out there?
LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe
So, what do YOU see here? Is she moving clockwise...or counter-clockwise?
First time, counter-clockwise. Second time, clockwise.
ReplyDeleteSo I did it ten times. Six times counter, four times clockwise.
And there was an 11th time, when she started clockwise, and I blinked, and she was counter-clockwise, which sort of creeped me out.
So I guess that I use both sides of my brain. Which is amusing, since today I'm tired and cranky, and would swear that at most, 25% of my brain is functioning at all.
It is cool and weird. When I first looked at it, I would say the dancer is moving counter-clockwise, but reading another line or two and the dancer is moving clockwise. When I refresh the page, again the dancer is going counter-clockwise until I look away from it and the clockwise when I look back at it.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of weird, I have this weird thing about writers using 'people and folks' at end or begining of a sentence. A lot of sports writers started doing that over the last couple of years - it bugs the hell out me. I'm glad those same writers stopped throwing 'anymore' in their sentences. Len Pasquarelli used to have 'anymore' once in every article. I guess I'm getting to be a crabby old man.
Beats the heck out of me. I'm just looking at her boobs.
ReplyDeleteIt shifts, not from perception but from software design -- when moving clockwise, her right arm is outstretched, when moving counter-clockwise, it's her left hand outstretched ... her boobs remain in place throughout.
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