Why Perception does not Equal Reality Have you ever seen an optical illusion that tricks your eyes into seeing something that isn’t there? That's called perception and perception isn’t the same as reality because appearances can deceive us and our point of view changes how we actually see something. In the play, “Sorry Wrong Number”, Mrs. Stevenson believes that she is ill and is bedridden, but she actually isn’t, it was all in her head. The first reason why perception isn’t the same as…
Background/History Optical Art is a type of art that using the “illusion” of seeing something that does not exist. This art style tricks the brain into seeing things that do not exist or things that are not actually happening. There is a lot of repeating lines, shapes, and images, which sometimes appear to be moving. The term Op Art first appeared in Time Magazine in October 1964. Op Art is still a big part of the today's world and culture. Optical illusions are awesome to look at, as they…
Optical Illusions are a neurological phenomenon that allows a person to believe an alternate reality based on what they see visually or encounter haptically. Illusions can come in all shapes and sizes and can be presented to us in many different ways sometimes, subliminally throughout our daily lives. The most famous and widely studied illusion is the Muller-Lyer illusion. This illusion consists of a horizontal line with opposite facing arrows at either end. The next portion uses the same…
Galileo Galilei The Founder of The Moons Galileo Galilei was a very interesting scientist, who made extraordinary discoveries. With telescopes, Galileo made discoveries of the planets, stars, and moons. What was his life like when he was a child, what education did he have, what were his discoveries and what is he most famous for? How many years did it take him to find his discoveries? Galileo’s life when he was young was lovely. In his family he had a brother named…
Review of Literature Introduction: Optical illusions are usually described as visual images that differ from reality. The eyes and brain “sees” something that does not really match the physical measurement of the image. Optical illusions can function in many ways, they can be images that are different from the objects that make them up, they can also be ones that come from the effects on the eyes and brain through excessive stimulation, and others where the eye and brain creates unconscious…
reality in his use of the sky. While it is tempting to analyze Shakespeare’s references to individual aspects of the sky (e.g., the moon), Shakespeare alludes to so many features of the sky or the heavens, that it becomes apparent that all individual components of the sky serve to inform one many-layered metaphor. For the audience, this multi-layered metaphor creates the illusion of otherworldly-ness. The audience is struck by an almost incomprehensible reality. It is something out…
make several contracts with companies. Consequently, the country transitioned from capitalism to socialism. The society’s drive to innovate caused companies to exploit and use up all of Earth’s natural resources, and thus lawmakers looked towards the moon for a solution. Due to the government’s socialized nature, goods are now being produced for practical benefit as opposed to profitable benefit. Because of this, the consumption of goods is less wasteful. With this new government being primarily…
Dorianne Laux’s Facts about the Moon is a confessional read driven by original everyday images or topics that act as igniters to a specific memory or theme she is implying. The poetry is consistent with being smart, fierce, lyrical, and gorgeous. Layered figurative imagery, music, a narrative impulse that engages human and animal worlds, family, faith, the lack of and is powerful in its restrained and strategic balance between image and utterance. These poems interconnect as episodic or vignette…
possible that shakespeare is making a point about the nature of reality and perception by using one of the least appreciated artifices of theater? It would explain the last scene as the end of all of these illusions and give it a much more profound meaning than it otherwise has. All of these illusions are built up (with the help of necessary but underappreciated music and sound) and then they are all disbanded: the survivors of the “shipwreck” all find each other to be alive when they thought…
Developmental change is an elementary fact of human life and the first three years are crucial for the individual. Each infant and/or toddler has a unique development path, yet each respective development process shares the same principles that have been outlined by years of psychological studies. By observing the substructures of development, one may gain an appreciation for life and a greater understanding of what is normal. Recently, I conducted an observation of my ten month old daughter,…