CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, if you please!
LeChuck? Now THAT takes me back!

OK, might as well keep on topic, if "on topic" is "we see what we choose to see". Got the below in an email, which told me to see which way the lady was pivotting, clockwise or anti-clockwise. The text of the email is below the pic.





"If you see this lady turning in clockwise you are using your right brain.
If you see it her tuning the other way, you are using left brain.
Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way.
See if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain's current.

"BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN.
Experimentation has shown that the two different sides or hemispheres of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking. The following table illustrates the differences between left-brain and right-brain thinking:

"Left Brain
Logical
Sequential
Rational
Analytical
Objective
Looks at parts

"Right Brain
Random
Intuitive
Holistic
Synthesizing
Subjective
Looks at wholes

"Most individuals have a distinct preference for one of these styles of thinking. Some, however, are more whole-brained and equally adept at both modes. In general, schools tend to favor left-brain modes of thinking, while downplaying the right-brain activities. Left-brain scholastic subjects focus on logical thinking, analysis, and accuracy. Right-brained subjects, on the other hand, focus on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity.

"If you look away, she may switch from one direction to the other.
I found that if I just look at her feet or relax and look at the floor where the reflection shows, she will switch direction!"

I found I saw clockwise for a long time. Then I got logical and pictured her foot moving right to left on the far side of her body, and - if the theory is right - that was my left brain working - and she seemed to switch. Looking at the foot shadows also seems to help.

Think we've got a thread about that around here somewhere already

mmm...Jack Sparrow (AKA Johnny Depp) *drools*


On the spinning lady (so to speak) I saw anticlockwise first, but then switched.

Do not disturb: already disturbed.

I see her spinning clockwise mainly, but if I concentrate I can make her spin anti-clockwise.
I fully expected to see her turn clockwise because I'm left-handed, and I think there's a connection between left hand and right brain, I may be mistaken!

What about everyone else, if you're right-handed, which way does she turn for you?

(just being nosey!)

Just did a quick search but didn't hit the right terms! Ah well, the image is stored in my Photobucket!

I saw clockwise for a while, and I am left-handed and possibly fit most of the coffee-table psychology summary that went with the picture, though I have been occasionally accused of irritating logic. It was only when I sat down analytically, and decided what should make her seem to turn the other way, that my left brain kicked in and the reversed.

Orly, I think you have a sister who expects first dibs at Johnny! I like him too, but only as an actor (he seems like a nice guy too).

I looked at this last night. At first, I saw it spinning counterclockwise. Then I made a conscious attempt to see it clockwise, and it changed accordingly. But then I couldn't get it to go back the other way. It was still appearing clockwise when I logged in just now.

After playing with it, I've discovered how I can make it switch back and forth. If I scroll the page up so only the knees, lower legs and feet are visible, thereby cutting off the visual cues from the rest of the body, and then look at the swinging leg and foot while having the intention of seeing it move in the other direction, it will change. I've made it change repeatedly just now, doing it that way.

For the record, I am right-handed, but I approach life both analytically/logically and intuitively/holistically/synthesizing, so I guess you could say the hemispheres of my brain are in balance and work well together. (Not that it always appears that way .)

"Set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula." -- Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager

Yes, I found focussing on the feet helped. Meanwhile I am enjoying the staff near me saying "She's going clockwise now, look!" thus missing the point entirely!

Possiby there's a third alternative ... neither right-brained nor left-brained, but no-brained?

(No offense meant to your office mates. I'm sure they're lovely people.)

"Set a new course. There's coffee in that nebula." -- Capt. Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager

On the Wikipedia link I posted earlier, one of the other TV personae created for one of Mr. Enfield's shows was Tim Nice-But-Dim

"An upper class twit who is usually being ripped off by one of his 'jolly nice' prep-school chums. He is an exaggerated version of 'posh' yet pleasant and stupid people that Enfield knew...The character was initially created by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. His catchphrase is 'What an absolutely, thoroughly, bloody nice bloke!'."

The world is full of "lovely people"!

In the tradition we have developed on some threads here, the office discussion turned to bottoms, and how interesting it was that both the brain and the backside were neatly divided into hemispheres. Perhaps that caused some confusion about what we should be thinking with.