"things aren't always what they seem."

This isn't something I normally would place in this blog but I was just really taken by the difficulty in actually seeing past the illusion, as well as the lesson it delivers in recognizing that things aren't always as they appear....

Strange False Head Photo

from 3quarksdaily by Abbas Raza

Dean Terry in Our Strange World:

At first this photo seems to be a couple with a large head floating between them. But look again - things aren't always what they seem.

Most people who look at this old photograph will probably see a large bearded head between the two figures. It looks like an image of Jesus.

 

You???ll probably think it???s just a crude hoax from bygone days. But look again, carefully. This is not a hoax at all. What the photo actually shows is a child sitting on the man???s knee.

Block out the head???s ???hair.??? That???s just a collection of foliage in the background. The ???eye??? is the face the child, shadowed by a large white bonnet. The ???nose??? is the sleeve of the child???s shirt. And the ???mustache??? is the child???s arm, bent at the elbow.

Be patient.  It may take you awhile to see this.