When you first look at the rings moving in this video, it might appear that they are all moving together uniformly.  Stare at the dot in the middle, however, and the three circles will become “unstuck” and begin to slide independently of one another. This illusion was created by Stuart Anstis & Patrick Cavanagh and […]

The Terrace by David Macdonald is an illusion that you may very well have seen before.  Even so, this is an illusion worth another look (or two).  This image is his most popular creation and has appeared numerous places around the Internet as well as in books and calendars.  Looking at this image leads to […]

For some, a T-shirt represents an article of clothing worn as an undergarment.  For others, it is worn as a fashion statement as a medium of self-expression.  For Malaysian T-shirt  designer Chow Hon Lam (aka Flying Mouse), a tee represents a blank canvas on which a story can be told.  He believes that each of […]

Take a look at the image below.  How many circles do you see? Some people will see them right away, but others will not see any circles at all, only a series of lines and squares.  If you don’t see them at first, keep looking.  There are a total of 16 circles here.  When you […]

The Spinning Dancer illusion is an optical illusion resembling a female dancer (perhaps a ballerina in training) spinning around in circles on one foot.  When you first view this image, you will either see the figure spinning in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.  If you watch the image rotate long enough, you may see the […]

While it does not look like much, the wire frame drawing of a cube below is actually an ambiguous optical illusion.  The cube can be seen in one of two ways.  Either the lower left face or the upper right face can be seen as the front most surface of the cube.  Can you flip-flop […]

Psychologist Roger Shepard, a professor at both Harvard and Stanford, published a book called Mind Sights in 1990.  This book has been  described as “…both stimulating to the eye and provocative to the mind.”  It also happens to feature one of the most famous and classic optical illusions of all time.  While most people know […]