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    <title>Gaia: JOY SOULutions: Enjoy, Share &amp; Inspire  - JOY for the FUN of IT - Optical Illusions</title>
    <id>tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia</id>
    <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/discussions/feeds/thread/47886</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:41:58 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Gaia: JOY SOULutions: Enjoy, Share &amp; Inspire  - JOY for the FUN of IT - Optical Illusions</description>
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      <title>Re: Optical Illusions CELEBRATION!!!! CLASSICS return! :)</title>
      <author>http://joybringer.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Joy Bringer</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-48662</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:41:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/47886#48662</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      Samme - I LOVE those Illusions, espcially the Teach=Learn and YOU=ME ones! AWESOME!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are come the Classics for all of us to remember where this all started... Enjoy w/t glasses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darina :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Young Lady or Old Lady?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="lightbox" href="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65264/xlarge/YoungladyOldlady.gif?" onclick="myLightbox.start(this); return false;"&gt;&lt;img class="zoom-photo" src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65264/large/YoungladyOldlady.gif?" alt="Youngladyoldlady" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man or Woman?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="lightbox" href="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65262/xlarge/ManOrWoman.gif?" onclick="myLightbox.start(this); return false;"&gt;&lt;img class="zoom-photo" src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65262/large/ManOrWoman.gif?" alt="Manorwoman" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;Young or Old?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;img src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65261/large/YoungOrOld.jpg?" alt="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65261/large/YoungOrOld.jpg?" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rabbit or Duck?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65275/large/RabbitDuck.gif?" alt="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65275/large/RabbitDuck.gif?" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elephant Legs ?!?!?!?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65271/large/elephantlegs.gif?" alt="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65271/large/elephantlegs.gif?" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donkey or Seal?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="lightbox" href="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65267/xlarge/Donkeyseal.gif?" onclick="myLightbox.start(this); return false;"&gt;&lt;img class="zoom-photo" src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65267/large/Donkeyseal.gif?" alt="Donkeyseal" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Face or Eskimo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="lightbox" href="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65268/xlarge/FaceEscimo.gif?" onclick="myLightbox.start(this); return false;"&gt;&lt;img class="zoom-photo" src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65268/large/FaceEscimo.gif?" alt="Faceescimo" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which Way Window? Crazy, ah? :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="lightbox" href="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65270/xlarge/WhichWayWindow.gif?" onclick="myLightbox.start(this); return false;"&gt;&lt;img class="zoom-photo" src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65270/large/WhichWayWindow.gif?" alt="Whichwaywindow" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jazz Lady!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="lightbox" href="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65272/xlarge/Jazzlady.gif?" onclick="myLightbox.start(this); return false;"&gt;&lt;img class="zoom-photo" src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65272/large/Jazzlady.gif?" alt="Jazzlady" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LIAR face?!?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="lightbox" href="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65266/xlarge/LiarFace.gif?" onclick="myLightbox.start(this); return false;"&gt;&lt;img class="zoom-photo" src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65266/large/LiarFace.gif?" alt="Liarface" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OMZ! JC Illusions! Stare at it for 20-30 sec., &lt;br /&gt;then&amp;nbsp; look elsewhere at a blank page &amp;amp; enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="lightbox" href="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65265/xlarge/Jesus_Illusion.gif?" onclick="myLightbox.start(this); return false;"&gt;&lt;img class="zoom-photo" src="http://aura.zaadz.com/photos/7/65265/large/Jesus_Illusion.gif?" alt="Jesus_illusion" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Optical Illusions CELEBRATION!!!!</title>
      <author>http://princesamwise.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Samme</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-48537</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:32:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/47886#48537</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Let&amp;#39;s play with some words...what do you see?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/image016.jpg" border="0" alt="good and evil intertwined in different colors" width="380" height="157" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In black you can read the word GOOD; &lt;br /&gt;but the word EVIL also appears in white letters inside each black letter. &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Now what do you see?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/image015.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="383" height="100" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;You may not see it at first, but the white spaces create the word OPTICAL,&lt;br /&gt;while the blue landscape spells out ILLUSION. &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;And what do you see below? &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/image014.jpg" border="0" alt="teach reflects as learn" width="379" height="271" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This one is quite tricky! The word TEACH reflects as LEARN. &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Last one of these -- what do you see?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/image017.jpg" border="0" alt="ME reverses to YOU" width="196" height="323" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;You probably read the word ME in brown, but....... &lt;br /&gt;when you look through ME&lt;br /&gt;you will see YOU!&lt;br /&gt;Do you need to look again? &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;The Man in the Coffee Beans&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;illusion&amp;quot; is that this is just a picture of coffee beans; but it is not. Can you find a man&amp;#39;s face among the beans? Some say that if you find the man in 3 seconds or less, the right half of your brain may be more well developed than most. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PS: This is not a trick. A man&amp;#39;s face is really hidden among the beans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/beanface.jpg" border="0" alt="a picture of beans with a face obscured in the beans" width="498" height="342" /&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;The following pictures are NOT animated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/wheels.gif" border="0" alt="spinning wheels" width="512" height="384" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/spinner1.gif" border="0" alt="moving petals" width="554" height="290" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/spinner2.gif" border="0" alt="three columns of waves" width="564" height="401" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/spinner3.gif" border="0" alt="moving lines of leaves" width="566" height="417" /&gt; &lt;p&gt;Your eyes are making them move. To test this, stare at one spot in each picture for a few seconds and everything will stop moving; OR look at the black center of each circle in the first picture, and it will stop moving; but when you move your eyes to the next black center, the previous one will move after you take your eyes away from it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;And here is another type of illusion.&lt;br /&gt;Count the people in the picture below.&lt;br /&gt;After they shift, count them again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/images/image001.gif" border="0" alt="shifting people" width="270" height="200" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Re: Optical Illusions CELEBRATION!!!!</title>
      <author>http://joybringer.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Joy Bringer</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-47967</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:21:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/47886#47967</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;div align="left"&gt;You jokester! HAHAHA. I AM a giraffe... I laughed aloud! I still do! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the funny ambigram as a reward! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/ambigrams/ambigram-pictures/funnyambigram.gif" alt="funny ambigram" width="396" height="396" /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;And don&amp;#39;t stare too much in this one for your mind will started spinning! :)&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/moving-spiral-illusion.htm#3"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/eye-tricks/optic-pictures/moving-spiral-illusion-sm.gif" border="0" alt="illusory moving spiral" width="251" height="249" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/moving-spiral-illusion.htm#3"&gt;          &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And one more delight - enjoy this IMPOSSIBLE optical illusion ART!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_images_2/images/strangebox.gif" alt="optical illusion art" width="224" height="262" /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let&amp;#39;s CELEBRATE - HOORRAAYY - OPTICAL ILLUSIONS DAY!!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Crazy WINDOW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_images_2/images/whichwaywindow.gif" alt="crazy optical illusion" width="220" height="300" /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How about SAYING the COLORS?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_images_2/images/readthecolors.gif" alt="say the colors brain teaser" width="410" height="238" /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How MANY FACES can you count in here?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_images_2/images/howmanyfaces.jpg" alt="how many faces optical illusion painting" width="278" height="380" /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is She YOUNG or is She OLD?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/optical_illusions_images_2/images/youngwomanoldlady.jpg" alt="young woman optical illusion" width="246" height="345" /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;MORE coming... Keep the illusions alive! At least for today!!! :) :) :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Optical Illusions</title>
      <author>http://princesamwise.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>Samme</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-47886</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:16:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/47886</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;h2&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;If you stare at the following picture long enough,&lt;br /&gt;you should see a giraffe...&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/illusions/optgir.gif" border="0" alt="" width="140" height="113" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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