Seeing Is Believing
Anotonio Zamora produced a series of paradoxes and illusions in a website called "Seeing is Believing." The illusions give a sense for the reader of altered perception; how an individual cannot trust his or her senses to allow the truth of reality. This suggests the old phrase, "seeing is believing" to be inherently flawed as reality even when seen with the eyes, can be completely different than what it appears. The site also offers a short introduction further supporting the overall theme of illusion and paradox. "This page illustrates that our visual perception cannot always be trusted. The components of an object can distort the perception of the complete object. Our mind is the final arbiter of truth" (Zamora, 2006).
Most optical illusions result from fives kinds of design elements like incongruence at contrary ends of parallel lines. The second being the influence of contextual patterns on overall design. The third as explained by Zamora, the modification of perception at the restrictions of zones of high contrast. Fourth and fifth are, "afterimages resulting from eye movements or from kinetic displays, or inability to interpret the spatial structure of an object from the context...
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