On [:] Illusions | Elizabeth Bowen, 1899-1973

Optical illusion, 1850s

“Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.”

 Elizabeth Bowen, 1899-1973

Anonymous, Optical Illusion, Young vs. Old, 1888
German postcard

A famous perceptual illusion in which the brain
switches between seeing a young girl and an old
woman.

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