Humans are wired to see faces, even in inanimate objects. It’s called Pareidolia.
Pareidolia is the tendency for seeing faces in inanimate objects like the moon, clouds, ink blots, or abstract patterns. Pareidolia used to be considered a symptom of human psychosis, but it is now seen as a normal human tendency.
We are so drawn to see objects as if they are alive that if you are open to it, you can find a character in just about any ordinary object—even a rutabaga. So the pareidolia-accompanying art installation movement of putting googly eyes on objects can make some fun discovery moments. I like these Imperfect Produce pics. They cheer me up every time I see them.
Imperfect Produce pic
Artist Timm Schneider brings life to garbage cans, toilets, and poles in Weisbaden, Germany by applying eyes he made from styrofoam and ping-pong balls.
And Vanyu Krastev “eyebombs” Bulgaria with googlies:
There’s even an international foundation for putting googly eyes on things:
The Googly Eyes Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to spread googly eyes around the world. What do you think of this variety of civic art?
Today, for “Wild Card” Sunday, draw and/or install some googly eyes on things. They can be on photographs (paper or digital) or in real life. You won’t need high drawing skills to doodle out some googlies, but you will exercise your scavenger-hunt skills!
Have fun, and take good photographs. Make sure the object is in focus and has adequate light. Take a moment to crop it for attractive placement – you can use the rule of thirds, middle, or anything else that seems right for the scene. Post your photos so that we can find them with #30sal. Some additional tags you can use are:
Prizes and favorites for the first 10 days of the SAL Challenge will be posted soon. It is taking me some time to pick my favorites – there are so many to choose from! 685 is the Instagram #30sal count today. Fantastic!
Writing process Dr Martin Luther King Jr wrote about 450 speeches a year, and delivered somewhere around 2,000 speeches in his lifetime. His most famous works took form over countless iterations and inter-weaving with previous sermons and writings, as well as integrated pieces of feedback from his friends and advisors. Preparations On August 27, 1963, …
Hey there. I wanted to send out a little personal thank you about V. Notes, this unusual and personal blog series of thoughts and ideas related to art. Initially started as a way to give my painting students more information outside of class, V. Notes now has over 1,000 readers. Many subscribers are part of …
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY ART AND SYMBOLISM [image_with_animation image_url=”6549″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Pride Flags The rainbow flag has changed dramatically since its first hand-dyed creation by Gilbert Baker and his boyfriend Jomar Teng. The original version of the flag had eight colors, each of which stood for concepts including healing, sunlight, nature, and …
In the late 1940s, several prominent artists of the New York School– including Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko and Frank Stella–were intently studying the color black. That work, interrelated but not collaborative, resulted in 20 years of black: textured black, striped black, blue-black, brown-black, black-black, blackish, and blackity-black-black paintings. With a Google image search, …
30SAL Challenge: Googly Eyes on Things
Humans are wired to see faces, even in inanimate objects. It’s called Pareidolia.
Pareidolia is the tendency for seeing faces in inanimate objects like the moon, clouds, ink blots, or abstract patterns. Pareidolia used to be considered a symptom of human psychosis, but it is now seen as a normal human tendency.
We are so drawn to see objects as if they are alive that if you are open to it, you can find a character in just about any ordinary object—even a rutabaga. So the pareidolia-accompanying art installation movement of putting googly eyes on objects can make some fun discovery moments. I like these Imperfect Produce pics. They cheer me up every time I see them.
Artist Timm Schneider brings life to garbage cans, toilets, and poles in Weisbaden, Germany by applying eyes he made from styrofoam and ping-pong balls.
And Vanyu Krastev “eyebombs” Bulgaria with googlies:
There’s even an international foundation for putting googly eyes on things:
The Googly Eyes Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to spread googly eyes around the world. What do you think of this variety of civic art?
Today, for “Wild Card” Sunday, draw and/or install some googly eyes on things. They can be on photographs (paper or digital) or in real life. You won’t need high drawing skills to doodle out some googlies, but you will exercise your scavenger-hunt skills!
Have fun, and take good photographs. Make sure the object is in focus and has adequate light. Take a moment to crop it for attractive placement – you can use the rule of thirds, middle, or anything else that seems right for the scene. Post your photos so that we can find them with #30sal. Some additional tags you can use are:
#30sal #seattleartistleague #googlyeyefoundation #googlyeyes #googlyeyesphoto #eyebombing #pareidolia #funnyart #cuteart #art #artchallenge #artist #artistsoninstagram #instaart #drawthisinyourstyle #artwork #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #inkdrawing #drawingsketch #artoftheday #myart #creativity #creativechallenge
Prizes and favorites for the first 10 days of the SAL Challenge will be posted soon. It is taking me some time to pick my favorites – there are so many to choose from! 685 is the Instagram #30sal count today. Fantastic!
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