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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          New York subway
 
 
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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