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"Best Optical Illusion I Have Ever Seen" --

"I promise this isn't a scare video. Just keep focusing on the dot. And if you don't get the illusion, watch it again, without looking at the dot."

"The second picture was grey the entire time and your mind just put all those colors there."

For this one you need to use the YouTube version . . . 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7knnO4vKgXg&NR=1

and it will start off like this . . .
stare at the dot (on the YouTube version) at the center of the image . . .

 




This photo, colored, should "appear" . . . but you need to use the YouTube version . . .

 

Go to the "Magic Eye" page and look at the Image of the Week
until you see the 3D image

Click on the image on the magic eye page for help, if necessary

 
  Magic Eye©
(solution)

Take the Selective Attention Tests
(Be sure to take both tests--they're short)

Read and follow the directions carefully

 
  Selective Attention Test

cf., Rashomon Effect Rashomon Effect -- Wikipedia Selective Attention and Lifeguards

Bibliography

• Escher, M. C.
  
  
  • Doug Dunham -- UMD
• Escher Biography -- University of St Andrews, Scotland \
• Hop's Escher Tessellation Tiles -- David Hollister
• M.C. Escher -- Wikipedia
• Escher Web Sketch -- Wes Hardaker and Gervais Chapuis
• Mathematical Art of MC Escher -- Platonic Realms, Math Academy Online
• The Official MC Escher Website -- M.C. Escher Foundation
• The Oldest Escher Collection on the Web
• World of Escher
  
  
• Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. Truth: A History and a Guide for the Perplexed. St. Martin's Griffin, 2001.
  
  
• Gates, S. James. Symbols of Power: Adinkras and the Nature of Reality. Physics World, June 2010. (.pdf version)
  • On Being: Uncovering the Codes for Reality -- Krista Tippett, American Public Radio
    
    
• Thompson, Kirill Ole. "When a White Horse Is Not a Horse." Philosophy East and West, October, 1995, Vol. 45, Issue 4, p. 481.