Pareidolia : the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.
I was rolling out clay the other day and when I lifted the clay from the piece of canvas it was on I found this impression of …….
Some days I think I’m starting to lose it. And other days everything makes sense.
Tell me what you see. I want to know if it’s the same thing I see.
Friday. I’m so glad you’re here. 😉
~Mavis
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Lynn Culpepper says
I’m glad you’re here, too! At first, I saw a fetus, then I saw a baby condor. If I look at it long enough, I’m sure I’ll add a few more visions!
Lesley says
I see the baby condor too. 🙂
Tanya says
I see the baby condor too!
Elise in the SF Bay Area says
Condor wasn’t the first bird that came to mind, but yes, s beaked bird with its “hand” up to its mouth. (from some distance north of the land of the California Condor!)
Pj Truman says
I see the same as you and I’m not from Condor area… I thought baby dodo bird.
Nancy says
A dodo bird was my first impression too.
Cindy says
Baby, baby bird, dinosaur, LOL
Cherri Fagen says
I saw the dinosaur also.
Renee says
I see a lake with an island (top view looking down like looking at a lake map).
Martine says
I see a platypus or upside down a unicorn. I wonder if what we see is an indication of our mindset or our madness maybe lol. x
Sandra says
Maybe because my dogs are right here, but I see a praying Snoopy. I’m sure I’m completely off, since I just woke up.
Lynne says
LOL!! My first thought was Snoopy, too!
Linda T says
That’s what I thought of, too! Snoopy standing on his hind paws, like he would if he were trying to get into a tub, or on the edge of the couch.
Get the rubber room ready!
Robin in WI says
I see a blob, lol. 😉 Not for lack of imagination (I’m a writer and artist), but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, as that odd Freud put it, and sometimes a blob is just a blob. 😉
Jenn from MA says
I see that Looney Tunes character “Beaky Buzzard” haha
Dawn says
That’s what I see, too
Julia A. says
A duck sucking his thumb?
Lillian Barnhart says
I see a T-Rex
JoAnn C says
Me too!
Tracy says
Me too!
Jacki Sanders says
Me too!
Nichole says
Me too!
Charla says
Seahorse
Johanna Bishop says
That’s what I saw too!
Katy says
A fetus drinking from a cup.
Elizabeth C Smith says
That is what I saw!…a fetus being born, drinking from a cup. Did not think anyone else would see that!!
Amanda says
I’m in the playtapus camp.
Marissa says
Cartoon dinosaur
Kelly Jo says
Looks to me like a dinosaur with its claw to its mouth shushing or demanding quiet!
Lindsey says
I see a profile of a face. On the white part to the right of the blob, and the little blob is the eye, then a nose and a chin.
Erica says
Oh my goodness! You’re right! I see that now!
Elise in the SF Bay Area says
I see it now too!
Erica says
Looks like some kind of cartoonish bird with its wing up to its beak.
Cindy Brick says
I was thinking the same thing — maybe a baby eagle.
Georgie says
Seahorse too
Jennifer says
Some sort of bird with its claw at its mouth.
Glenda says
A squirrel drinking out of a glass.
Tracy T says
That is what I see – a squirrel with his face in a cup.
Donna says
Lucy peed on the canvas and she tried to hide it.
Rynda Gregory says
I see some sort of curved billed bird holding something up to it’s beak.
I do see the face – once I read other comments. And even the map with an island. But I saw the odd duck-like image first. Hmmm… indicative of our mind set? Ha! Odd duck for me.
Karen says
My first thought was, “Oh, no, how are you going to get that clean?”
Nancy says
A dodo bird!
Melanie says
Ummmm……I think I saw the same thing you saw….
dianna says
Looks like a Toucan
Bea says
In the white part to the right I see the outline of a grandma face. Her whit hair, her eye, nose, and slight chin.
Glenna says
For me it was a dinosaur. I think it’s the head. Maybe raising 3 buys has impacted my brain. Ha ha
Holly V says
I saw Woodstock from peanuts.
Connie says
Or maybe peanuts if you had been at Woodstock
MEM says
I see a silhouette of Snoopy rising out of Linus’ pumpkin patch on Halloween night!
Donna Jantzer says
An indecisive cartoon alligator. This is fun.
Margery says
foghorn leghorn from Looney Tunes, has to be a bird of some type.
Vicky says
Instant baby Condor for me.
Kathy says
Barney the purple dinosaur!
Mavis Butterfield says
DING DING DING!!!!! That’s EXACLTY what I saw. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Jaime Ayala says
Same! But then I was like, would Mavis really see that?! Lol!
Tracie says
I saw Baby Bop licking a lollipop.
Gwen says
I think it is one of those crazy plastic flossing do-hickeys!! They are everywhere Mavis!!
tia in boise says
I scrolled down quickly to type my response before reading the others…
I see a cute lil bird with a big bill (and a tail!) thinking pensively.
Beth says
Me too!
Sheri says
I see a stain that might be hard to remove. I’m lacking all creativity today. It’s been a long week.
Nancy says
Little boy with back to us, holding a can up to his left ear with a little pet curled up behind him.
Lori says
When I look at it I see a baby eagle but when I turn it upside down I see a unicorn.
Bobbi says
Yes, a sway backed unicorn! Lolol
Lois Thompson says
I see a seahorse,
DebbieB says
I see a dinosaur with a fluffy tail.
Mrs. HB says
I see a blob , nothing more
MK says
Do see the grandma face in the white area but in the brown shape, I see Casper the friendly ghost.
Margo says
Fascinating exercise! I’m in the Snoopy camp.
RebekahU says
I saw a T-Rex sitting on a unicorn head
Katy says
I see a toucan touching the tip of his beak. 🙂
Sherry in Sumner says
I’m with Charla and Georgia. I see a seahorse.
Sherry in Sumner says
In looking at this again, now I see a duck billed platypus.
Heidi Ho says
LOL I see the little bird with a large bill picking at his wing, but I also can see the little boy too after I read some of the other comments! 🙂 Happy Friday all!!
Kathy Wolfe says
A bunny rabbit.
Becky Williams says
I see that funny penquin, who was it, from the comic strip?
Amy R Burton says
Yoshi! Ha! I must being hanging out with my 7 kiddos way too much!
Shirley says
Some sort of dog
Ca says
A pensive duck billed platypus with a thought bubble behind his head.
JoAnn Moran says
A beaked bird having a drink.
Kippy says
I see a poodle running away with its left flying. Then again, being a poodle owner, lots of things look like poodles.
Stacey says
I see a big-beaked bird with a squirrel tail.
Anne says
Sea horse with hand on chin
Connie says
This is fascinating and fun! Thank you Mavis
Carolina Cooper says
I loved all of the “visions” that people saw. I saw a dinosaur of some sort. But what did YOU see, Mavis? Inquiring minds want to know!!!
Laurie says
Whew, I’m glad I’m not the only one that saw a dodo bird. I was beginning to think i was losing it, lol.
Natasha says
Casper with a plague mask