Examples of Pareidolia

[David Stallard]

I started this one on POTN waaaaay back in 2015, thought it would be good to throw it out there again.

Nope I didn't know what 'Pareidolia' was either, the short answer is:

It's "the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist", according to the World English Dictionary. It's picking a face out of a knotted tree trunk or finding zoo animals in the clouds.

So - you look at a tree and see a face or a person, a cloud formation you see a cat / whale etc etc. may not work as a thread but I took the suggestion from a post I made of an orchid, to give you an idea:

Whilst taking photo's of the orchids at RHS Wisley I noticed the 'doll' in the centre of this orchid - bit freaky huh?

So come on then - lets see your 'pareidolia'

.DAVID.

 

[OhLook]

Thanks for restarting this!

Ornament on arch in afternoon sun



I can't not see this spider as a mermaid

 

[-Douglas-]

I'll see your mermaid spider with a rock that smiles!

 

[-Douglas-]

This house was very distraught after being burnt to the ground...

 

[OhLook]

Gorilla in the woodwork

 

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Dog's-head boulder !

 

[OhLook]

More than faces--

Used at POTN:
"Let's take it from measure 148, and I want to hear the woodwinds come in a little louder this time."



Not yet used anywhere:
"And then I said to her . . ."

 

[-Douglas-]

Gorilla in the woodwork

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I see a couple of smaller creepy faces inside the big ape face

 

[-Douglas-]

Ice sentry stands guard at train trestle . . .

 

[OhLook]

I see a couple of smaller creepy faces inside the big ape face

Looking more closely, I see one. It has teeth. Lower down, a fox's face.

 

[-Douglas-]

Looking more closely, I see one. It has teeth. Lower down, a fox's face.

.................

 

[OhLook]

Profile in a sidewalk



Elephant on a tailgate

 

[-Douglas-]

Horse head tree ? Or what's left of one anyhow !