P3D Re: Hollow Face Illusion

[Mark Shields <beamsplitter@xxxxxxxx>]

>The piece I saw was a large ceramic inverted relief of the head of 
>Jesus,
>and indeed it appeared to turn to follow you across the room - a dandy
>little illustration of the idea that you are always in His sight, or
>something like that.  The illusion was quite strong when viewed
>monocularly.

A good time to remember that reality is more real than illusion.
'In His sight' = 'In His care.'

>But my stereo vision tended to break the spell.  I don't know whether 
>so
>much 3D viewing has made me harder to fool with a concave face, but 
>the
>thing looked concave at all times when viewing with both eyes,

"Now we see but a poor reflection in a mirror;
then we shall see face to face."

-St. Paul (I Corinthians 13:12)

Watching double reflections in a beamsplitter,
and hoping for reality.

Mark Shields
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