This piece from an Australian online paper is making the rounds on the Internet. I was utterly fascinated (and frustrated) by it, and have only just minutes ago managed to make it turn anti-clockwise.
Give it a go.
The Dancer Is Going Clockwise. (Isn’t She?)
20 October, 2007 · 8 Comments
Categories: Activities · Movies, Music & Media
8 responses so far ↓
David // 20 October, 2007 at 8:09 pm |
For me it is mostly clockwise but it often turns anti-clockwise, maybe 70:30, so at first I thought it was a fake and that the direction was programmed to change every now and then. BUT then Dora and I looked at the same time and we both saw different things. For Dora it was mostly clockwise, but after a while she saw anti-clockwise for a bit, while I was seeing changes the whole time that she did not perceive. Amazing! Ha, as I write this Dora just said ‘together we are the complete brain!’
Pilgrim Mom // 21 October, 2007 at 9:52 pm |
Yes, I realised it was a bona fide optical illusion because a whole bunch of us stood in front of my laptop and we all saw it differently – some like you said she switched directions randomly, some could make her switch at will, and ME, I couldnt see anything except clockwise. It drove me berserk.
Did you notice how clockwise, her right foot is out and anticlockwise its her left foot? Nifty.
Mustard Seed Mum // 24 October, 2007 at 10:01 am |
Alright, what’s the matter with me? I can only see anti-clockwise. JL sees clockwise and doesn’t know how the heck I’m seeing anti. I say the same about him. I can’t get her to go clock-wise. Frustrating! And I used to pride myself in being able to use my right-brain.
Mustard Seed Mum // 24 October, 2007 at 10:05 am |
NO! SHE’S GOING ANTI-CLOCKWISE. AAARGH
Pilgrim Mom // 25 October, 2007 at 12:12 am |
Haha. You sound just like me a few days ago. I was tearing my hair out….
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Stella // 20 November, 2007 at 10:44 pm |
See now, the first time I saw this she was going clockwise…now she’s going counterclockwise. How did I change it? I’m boggled!
Jen // 31 December, 2007 at 12:16 pm |
Well, I think the images changed!!! I saw it going anti clockwise with right leg raised and goig clockwise with left leg raised! Someone from another forum also said this woman change direction after sometime!!! boohooo