A Test for "creative types" ;-)

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What do you see?
Is the dancer turning clockwise, or anti-clockwise?





.. whether you're right or left brain dominates. If you see her turning anti-clockwise, as "most of us would" (says the article, though most of the people, including myself, I've asked about this, actually see it going clockwise first) you tend to use more of your left brain. If you see the dancer going clockwise, you tend to use more of your right brain.

The right brain governs:

uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

And the left brain's functions are:

uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

... So how did you do? Are you in your right mind? :-P

Don't worry if you see her going clockwise, because right-brain people are cool in my book. They're misunderstood, but valuable souls. I definitely think I'm one of them. However, society does place a lot of importance on intelligence, and a lot of those left-brain functions are pretty damn crucial! We all use both sides of our brains. If you are desperate to see her dance the other way, to feel whole and reassured, but can't, try watching the shadows under her feet, and willing her to turn the other way, or reloading the image until it (seems to) randomly change direction, or as with optical illusions, make your eyes go out of focus, and will her to turn the other way before focussing again. She fits right in here on dreamwidth, because she really does go both ways..

:-P

Comments

[holyschist]

Hmmm.

I've seen this one before, although now I'm not remembering what the other image is besides the lady. But I think a static image that contains two things is different from a rotating animation that, if it is truly rotating, can only rotate one direction. I dunno.

(Actually, I sort of reject right/left-brained splits; I think we all use both to some degree and some people are better at switching between and/or integrating modes.)

[holyschist]

Here's an interesting article.

And a page with some suggestion lines to make it easier to switch: http://ofb.net/~whuang/imgs/spin/

Gotta stare at that some more, and probably take it apart in Photoshop. :-)