The Pig on the Tile
February 20th 2008 21:00
Here is a photo of one of the tiles on my parents’ bathroom wall. When I was little I used to stare at the tiles while taking a shower and make shapes out of the ambiguous figures. To this day, I still can see a sheep or a pig-like figure. I pointed this out to my sister on the weekend and she was like, what are you talking about? I then told her that if you imagine floating above a pig or a sheep and looking down on it, you will be able to see the same thing on the tile. My sister sort of got it then but I suppose it must be like doing a Rorschach inkblot test which, by the way, a psychiatrist I know reckons are crap and they don’t reveal anything about a person’s personality.
Either way, it’s one ambiguous print on the tile. It’s like looking at clouds; one can make whatever they like out of the shapes. Or perhaps it’s like looking at an optical illusion. There’s one picture that I often see in optical illusion books of a pile of spots. If you look closely and hard enough at it, soon the dots form that of a dalmation walking around a leafy area.
For those of you who are lost, I’ve put a comment on the shape I think resembles a pig or sheep seen from above. Tell me if you can see it.
Either way, it’s one ambiguous print on the tile. It’s like looking at clouds; one can make whatever they like out of the shapes. Or perhaps it’s like looking at an optical illusion. There’s one picture that I often see in optical illusion books of a pile of spots. If you look closely and hard enough at it, soon the dots form that of a dalmation walking around a leafy area.
For those of you who are lost, I’ve put a comment on the shape I think resembles a pig or sheep seen from above. Tell me if you can see it.
The Pig/Sheep Tile
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