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Pareidolia

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.

This perfectly describes an affliction I've had for most of my adult life: I SEE FACES. Everywhere!

Maybe you do, too?

A number of year ago I started taking photographs, or scanning and downloading images, whenever I thought I saw a "face".

Some of the examples below are better than others, but here are some of the images I've collected over the years.


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	Take-out coffee lid	Take-out coffee lid	Wine bottle seal?


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	Take-out coffee lid, Toronto (some days this is how I feel)	Picture frame hook	Packaging material


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	Packaging material	Packaging material	Packaging material


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	Packaging material	Packaging material	Packaging material


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	Traffic barrier New York	Traffic barrier New Jersey	Old door with plate removed


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	???	Elevator, Millburn NJ	Elevator, Naples FL


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	Packaging material	Packaging material	Packaging material


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	Security camera with lights	House somewhere?	Lightouse Martha's Vineyard


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	Screen capture	Maplewood NJ	Docotr's office, Morristown NJ (not sure what it is?)


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	Antique brass door latch, part 1	Antique brass door latch, part 2	???


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	Fire hose outlet New York?	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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	Electrical adaptor	Microwave, bottom	Trash bin, London


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	Slide guitar	Slide guitar	Slide guitar


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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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	Rotting banana	Handle, Dewalt lawn edger	Vileda Ultamax mop part


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	Vileda Ultamax mop part	Henkel pasta ladel	Vileda Ultamax mop part


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	I forget ???	Toaster interior	Sidewalk stain, New York


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	Sidewalk stain, New York	Sidewalk stain, New York	Toilet seat hinge bracket


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	Audi key fob	I forget ???	I forget ???


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	Car charger ports	Trash bin, Newark aiport	Air fryer, screen capture


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	Garbage bin with snow Maplewood NJ	Purse, screen capture	Winter boot clasps


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	Shopping cart, Home Depot Maplewood NJ	Old brass door plate	I forget ???


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	Kitchen, Brooklyn NY	I forget ???	Ninja air fryer


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	Paving stones, 73rd and Broadway New York	I forget ???	Dyson Airwrap


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	Floor access panel New York subway car	I forget ???	Restaurant, Brooklyn NY


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	Hot-Cold faucet British Airways lavatory	I forget ??	London bus, seat bracket


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	Cover for a sharp razor tool	Remington hair clipper	USB ports (I forget where)


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	Church tower, Kensington London UK	Electrical adaptor London UK	Electrical adaptor London UK


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	Breville toaster	Recycling bin	Level


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	Science Museum London UK	Science Museum London UK	Sidewalk access panels London UK


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	Wire-cutting tool	Menus, drawer, etc Le Colombier Restaurant London UK	Electric car charging station London UK


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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	Concrete roadside barrier Mission, BC, Canada	Elevator Heathrow Airport


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	Gate latch, London	Oven knobs, New York


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	Roselle Park subway station	Grocery trolley, New York	Roselle Park subway station


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	Roselle Park subway station	ADT Alarm panel	Joe Allens, New York (?)


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	Small dog carry case


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	Swiss cheese	UAD Pultec audio plug-in


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	New York sidewalk	Packaging material	New York sidewalk