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Pareidolia? Don't worry, I didnt know that word either, until quite recently. The dictionary describes it as "the tendency to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulous, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none." For example, "seeing faces" in inanimate objects ... which perfectly describes an affliction I've had for most of my adult life: I see faces ... EVERYWHERE! Maybe you do, too? |
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In June 2025 an interesting article appeared in the Smithsonian Magazine: Authored by Sarah Kuta, the article was accompanied by a photograph of a small rock (approximately 8" x 4") with vaguely face-like features. The researchers wrote: “The fact that the pebble was selected because of its appearance and then marked with ocher shows that there was a human mind capable of symbolizing, imagining, idealizing and projecting his or her thoughts on an object". If I may add to this, I'm convinced this particular Neanderthal also had a sense of humour! |
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A number of years ago I started taking photographs -- or scanning images -- whenever I thought I saw a "face". |
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Take-out coffee lid |
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Take-out coffee lid, Toronto |
Picture frame hook | Cardboard packaging material | |||
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Traffic barrier |
Traffic barrier New Jersey |
Old door with plate removed | |||
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Picture frame hook |
Elevator, Millburn NJ | Elevator, Naples FL | |||
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Plastic packaging material |
Cardboard packaging material | Stryrofoam packaging material | |||
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Security camera with lights |
House somewhere? | Lightouse |
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Antique brass door latch, part 1 |
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Fire hose outlet |
Fire hose outlet New York? |
Fire hose outlet New York? |
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Not sure what this is. It's next to the Target store, Maplewood NJ | Thule bicycle seat London, UK |
Thule bicycle seat London, UK |
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Airplane ceiling air vents | Electrical switch London, UK |
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Miele vaccum, carpet attachment |
Remington hair clipper | ||||
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Microwave rotor | Electrical adaptor | Bottom of trash bin, London | |||
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Vileda mop strainer | Airplane lavatory, hot-cold faucet | Wall-mount tool-holder | |||
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Mop, Brooklyn NY | Online screen capture | Bollard, Martha's Vineyard | |||
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Vileda Ultamax mop part | Henkel pasta ladle | Vileda Ultamax mop part | |||
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Toaster interior | Sidewalk stain, New York | ||||
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Air fryer, screen capture | Winter boot clasps | Purse, screen capture | |||
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Shopping cart, Home Depot Maplewood NJ |
Old brass door plate | ||||
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Floor access panel |
Luggage rack bracket New Jersey Transit train |
Restaurant, Brooklyn NY | |||
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Wire-cutter tool | Cupboard Le Colombier Restaurant London UK |
Hotel lobby, lights and chimney | |||
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St. Yeghiche Armenian Church London UK |
Door latch, washing machine London UK |
Old barn, Lougheed Highway Mission, BC, Canada |
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Security camera Online screen capture |
Össur backpack London UK |
Sidewalk, Cromwell Road London UK |
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Some kind of portable barrier? Heathrow Airport |
Elevator Heathrow Airport |
Concrete roadside barrier Mission, BC, Canada |
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Gate latch, London | Door pull | Oven knobs, New York | |||
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Swiss cheese slices | ??? | UAD Pultec audio plug-in | |||
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Irrigation cover Las Vegas |
Front Desk decoration |
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United Airlines galley latches | Las Vegas airport | Latch (screen capture) | |||
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??? | Landscape drain | Heavy duty jack, base | |||
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Stairs, New York subway | ??? | Water spout, New York | |||
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X-ray panel, New York | Coat - gromets and zipper | Outdoor propane heater, base | |||
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??? | Weight for a tent pole | New York Street | |||
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Cardboard on the street | New Jersey Transit | Detail of a dermatology device | |||
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NJ Transit train? | NJ Transit train? | Air vents Barcelona airport |
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Air vents, Dishoom Restaurant Kensington, London | Part of a childrens shoe measuring device, London | Toilet, Mercer Hotel |
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When I was in London a friend sent me this image from New York | The very next day, while walking in London, I saw this brick-size item in Trevor Street near Harrods! | Sidewalk, Battersea Power Station |
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London | Some kind of vent, London | London |
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New York fire hydrant | Subway station | Sliced strawberry |
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