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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	Cardboard packaging material


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	Cardboard packaging material	Packaging material	Cardboard packaging material


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	Cardboard packaging material	Cardboard packaging material	Cardboard packaging material


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	Traffic barrier New York	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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	Wifi	Small portable heater	Small portable heater


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	Plastic packaging material	Cardboard packaging material	Stryrofoam packaging material


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


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	Screen capture	Maplewood NJ	Doctor'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 rotor	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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	"Ripe" banana	Handle, Dewalt lawn edger


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


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	Audi key fob


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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


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	Kitchen, Brooklyn NY	Ninja air fryer


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	Paving stones, 73rd and Broadway New York	Dyson Airwrap


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	Floor access panel New York subway car	Luggage rack bracket New Jersey Transit train	Restaurant, Brooklyn NY


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	Hot-Cold faucet British Airways lavatory	Seat bracket London bus


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	Protective cover for razor tool	Remington hair clipper	USB ports (I forget where)


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	Church tower, Kensington London UK	Electrical adaptor London UK	Roselle Park, NJ Subway station


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	Breville toaster	Trash bin lid	Level


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


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	Wire-cutter 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	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 Hotel, Las Vegas	Cupboard


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	United Airlines galley latches	Las Vegas airport	Latch (screen capture)


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	New York subway


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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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	Toilet button	New York Street	Tub drain lever


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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 Barcelona


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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 London


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	London	Some kind of vent, London	London