As you may know, I am a fan of illusory faces. Sam H very kindly sent me three more wonderful examples…..
Which is your favourite?
Richard Wiseman
Quirky mind stuff
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As you may know, I am a fan of illusory faces. Sam H very kindly sent me three more wonderful examples…..
Which is your favourite?
I think the second one is deliberate
We are pattern-seeking animals who find comfort in familiar things. Faces are perfectly normal things for our brains to create.
“happy chair is happy” is part of the cheezburger network:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/tag/happy-chair-is-happy/
Lolcano!!
I wish I’d seen this last week when I was teaching my students about pareidolia!
They’re all so jolly, I like them all
The Kayak! If I don’t vote for it, it will eat me!
Oh excellent, Richard, thanks for these
To me, the chairs have it: they look so cheerful and welcoming, though they might have been designed to appear that way, which could take some of the chance spontaneity away; but they still seem bright and cheerful and, to me, the best of the three 
#2 looks like cool angry alien
2 – 3 – 1, but all close. Like them
1 – 3 – 2, ditto
I had to stop myself looking for faces, it started to become a bit of an obsession: http://vimeo.com/3906037
1 because it looks old
The big, scary one in the middle!
I like the happy chairs. They just look so happy.
I like #1 the best.
The high chairs. They look happy.
I enjoyed viewing them all, but if I had to pick one I would pick the 2nd one also .. even though it is kind of scary … I like it
You can also see a face on the weight which was part of the costume of the giant diver that visited Liverpool last weekend. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17797868
I am a great fan of these faces and there is a special club on Instagram that has many fine examples under the tags #paredolia #iseefaces #firstfaceyouseerightnow – also loom for the @faceclub user. Enjoy!
Happy chair!
If you enjoy illusory faces, you will enjoy this blog:
http://facesinplaces.blogspot.com/
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