Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Don't look at others' answers until you post your answer.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Neither. She's swinging back and forth.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Huh. I looked at it for a while and was sure it was clockwise. Then I came back here, and when I looked back at the image again, I was sure it was counterclockwise. Now I can see either.
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
I can only see counterclockwise...
Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :
That's pretty neat. I saw counterclockwise for about a minute, but then when I would try to visualize what it would look like when she swung clockwise, I could suddenly see the clockwise motion. I can switch back and forth now by watching the legs and visualizing the motion I want to see.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Clockwise. And I'm firmly convinced that anyone who says otherwise is defective.
As an aside, I think it's interesting how these things propagate across the internet. Porteiro posted this on GC a couple of days ago. One of my coworkers showed it to me about twenty minutes ago.
Posted by Ivygirl1937 (Member # 10918) on :
I see clockwise. Either way, fun.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Is this supposed to be a trick of some sort? Because all I see is clockwise... Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Clockwise.
I stared at it for five minutes trying to see something else and couldn't.
Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :
I find it's easier to switch perceptions when I try to visualize her swinging back and forth. When the one leg points to the side, the image sort of seems to flip, and then the leg comes back the other way.
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
Counterclockwise at first, had quite a struggle, but managed to see it clockwise, can't go back without the same effort.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I see clockwise.
I'm finding myself unable to see it differently, which is frustrating.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I can't see how you people are seeing clockwise.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: Neither. She's swinging back and forth.
That was my answer as well.
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
Like I said on GC, I first saw clockwise, but can change the rotation at will now.
--Mel
Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
I can switch the way that I think she's spinning whenever I perceive her back to be towards me.
Posted by NotMe (Member # 10470) on :
I say she's drunk.
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
Clockwise. I can't imagine how anyone is seeing it differently.
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
I can see both. When I first looked it was clockwise but after looking at the feet/shadow at the bottom it switched. I was able to switch a couple of times but then I seemed to be stuck on anti-clockwise for quite a while before getting my perspective to shift back. I can't switch it at will yet but I'm sure I could with practice.
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
Either that or I just think my perspective is switching and the image just randomly does reverse itself.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
The image isn't doing anything; its people's perspectives that are changing. I've found that if I wave my hand in front of the screen or jostle myself or the screen I can make it appear to go counter clockwise, but its only a few seconds until my brain reasserts the clockwise interpretation on the image.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I've stared at it, squinted at it, moved my chair, stood up, waved my hand in front of it... I still don't see it do anything but spin clockwise.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
counter clockwise
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
To see it in the different perspective, try to see the reverse of what you currently see as to whether her pointed leg is behind her or in front of her.
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
quote: I've stared at it, squinted at it, moved my chair, stood up, waved my hand in front of it... I still don't see it do anything but spin clockwise.
That means your brain is broken...sorry.
Posted by Tristan (Member # 1670) on :
Counter-clockwise. I can't imagine how anyone is seeing it differently.
Edit: actually, I managed to switch direction. It was a matter of deciding that one leg passed in front of her when I previously saw it passing behind her.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: I've stared at it, squinted at it, moved my chair, stood up, waved my hand in front of it... I still don't see it do anything but spin clockwise.
Try focusing on just the feet for a bit
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
She's spinning back and forth at seemingly random intervals. I counted 16 clockwise rotations followed by 7 counter-clockwise, then 9 clockwise, then 13 counter-clockwise. Then I lost count. I'm pretty sure that anyone who thinks they can change the perspective at will is mistaken.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
quote:That means your brain is broken...sorry.
my boyfriend says he can't make her change, and his brain is broken Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Of course, there's insufficient information to determine clockwise or counterclockwise. The exact same silhouette could be generated either direction. It could also be half circles each direction (the swinging back and forth mentioned).
And there's only one spin in the animated gif, which is repeated over and over again.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
rollainm, The image is just a simple looping animation. It doesn't change rotation. Your perspective is what is changing at random.
As I said, you can change how she appears to be rotating by trying to see the pointed leg as going behind her when you thought it was going in front of her and vice versa.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
"And there's only one spin in the animated gif, which is repeated over and over again."
How can you tell?
Now I'm second guessing myself.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
I opened it in an editor, just to check. There's just one spin.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Hmm...give me a moment...
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I definitely see clockwise. I shall attempt to see it as counterclockwise now.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Okay, I see the back and forth sway now. Wow, that's neat.
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I got it by looking at the shadow of her foot. It's really weird. My initial reaction is the same as rollainm's, but me and my roommate started see it as counterclockwise at different times. Weirdness.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
It spins faster for me in Firefox than in IE. I think that has a lot to do with the different reactions, too. It was easy, once pointed out, for me to immediately change perspective from clockwise to counter-clockwise to swaying back and forth, but when it's faster it takes more effort to switch regardless of how long I stare at it.
Posted by Slim (Member # 2334) on :
I looked at it for a long time, and decided that she must be spinning clockwise. But when I came back to the Hatrack tab, I noticed the icon for the spinning girl tab in my Firefox window also had a spinning girl. And this one was definitely spinning counter-clockwise. So I went back, and watched the icon for a while. Then I noticed the big picture was spinning the other way now. I tried clicking on it trying to get it to switch, and sometimes it would, but sometimes it would switch when I didn't do anything. Eventually I realized it really was just my perception, and I could make it switch by only watching her legs (covering the rest of her), and imagining her changing directions mid-spin. Weird.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
I say clockwise.
Posted by DeathofBees (Member # 3862) on :
Looks clockwise to me.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Took me a while, but now I see both.
DrStrangelove's foot thing seems to work.
--j_k
Posted by Samuel Bush (Member # 460) on :
Hey, is this some kind of optional illusion or something? Just when I think I’ve got it, she changes direction on me.
Sneaky, sneaky.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Ok I come back to it 2 hrs later and now I can't see anything but clockwise!
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
If I look directly at it, I can only see clockwise.
Out of the corner of my eye, it can be either, or just a back and forth swing.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
When I watched it, she was turning clockwise, and then after several turns switched legs and turned counterclockwise. (In ballet terms she was turning en dehors each time but changed the standing leg.)
[ October 11, 2007, 07:59 PM: Message edited by: porcelain girl ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Clockwise, then one leg and torso turned counterclockwise while the other continued to turn clockwise, then repeated.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Clockwise. Can't even see how it would be counter-clockwise, but my brain isn't very good at these sorts of visual tricks.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
It took some effort, but now I can switch her at will.
This is also one of the coolest things I've ever seen! I <3 crap like this .
Oh and the ONLY way I can switch her is by concentrating on her foot. I have to make my brain to picture the foot moving away (getting smaller) and then back towards (when it gets bigger again).
Its not an easy trick for me, and I lost the ability to do it for a minute or two.
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
I don't understand what the trick or illusion is supposed to be. I look at it, and I clearly see a woman spinning clockwise. I don't see anything else no matter what part of her body I focus on or how I try to change my perspective or anything. I don't get how people are seeing anything else.
Where did this come from? I demand an explanation of what's going on!
*EDIT*
Wait... WTF?! I made it switch! It still looks clockwise most of the time, but I can make it switch if I focus on her legs when they appear to overlap.
[ October 11, 2007, 08:47 PM: Message edited by: neo-dragon ]
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
Like, clockwise, man. I can't see the other possibilities.
Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :
quote:Originally posted by neo-dragon: Wait... WTF?! I made it switch! It still looks clockwise most of the time, but I can make it switch if I focus on her legs when they appear to overlap.
I find that interesting...
I can only see clockwise, and the legs are the most convincing part. The way that right leg *appears* to block out the shape of left, and then the left appears to block out the right, combined with the movement seems to only suggest a clockwise rotation.
Now if I looked at just the feet, I might be able to imagine that it's a back and forth motion, or that the direction changes, but we have more than just feet with which to analyze.
*I say appears because the motion is the only thing that suggests 3 diminsions, when otherwise a silhouette would have 2.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
The easier way for me to switch it is to focus on the tiny tab icon that firefox puts up at the top of the browser. It's easier to mentally manipulate the tiny dancer and then look down to the big dancer if you want to see her spin in both directions.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
When you guys say "clockwise" or "counter-clockwise", do you mean as if you changed position so that you're looking down at or, or as if you changed position so that you're looking up at her?
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pegasus:
quote:Originally posted by neo-dragon: Wait... WTF?! I made it switch! It still looks clockwise most of the time, but I can make it switch if I focus on her legs when they appear to overlap.
I find that interesting...
I can only see clockwise, and the legs are the most convincing part.
That's exactly what I thought too. When others mentioned looking at the feet/legs I thought, "what are you talking about? That's the part that makes it so obviously clockwise." But then, I just managed to see it differently somehow.
Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: When you guys say "clockwise" or "counter-clockwise", do you mean as if you changed position so that you're looking down at or, or as if you changed position so that you're looking up at her?
Which way would you prefer to imagine it? Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I'm trying to figure out what everybody means by "clockwise" or "counter-clockwise". The same direction of spin will look clockwise or counter-clockwise depending on the direction you're looking at it from.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I meant "if I was spinning the same way as her, which way I would be spinning, from my perspective."
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
Clockwise = to the right
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yeah, actually, whether you're looking up or down at her, clockwise is the same...
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: I meant "if I was spinning the same way as her, which way I would be spinning, from my perspective."
That's the way I interpreted it.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: I meant "if I was spinning the same way as her, which way I would be spinning, from my perspective."
That still doesn't answer the question. It needs to be "If I were spinning the same way as her, which way would I be spinning, from my perspective if I were looking down." (Or visa-versa)
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Good point.
Posted by DSH (Member # 741) on :
viewed from above: clockwise
viewed from below: counterclockwise
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
quote:Yeah, actually, whether you're looking up or down at her, clockwise is the same...
no it's not, it reverses.
To clarify my first post, when I first looked at her I saw her counter clockwise looking at her from above.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by MEC:
quote:Yeah, actually, whether you're looking up or down at her, clockwise is the same...
no it's not, it reverses.
Yup.
Let's say that she's standing on a clock, turning the same direction as the clock hands.
If you look down at her, she's spinning clockwise.
But if you look up at her from below, she's spinning counterclockwise.
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
As I said, I think that when we say clockwise we all intuitively assume that it means the spinner is turning to her right.
Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :
I concur. Looking up would show relative circular direction opposite that of looking down.
Try it: stand up, look down, start turning clockwise, continue that motion and look up, it will appear to be counter clockwide compared to the ceiling. Try not to fall over.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
This thing's sorta fun. Personally, I can get the image to shift at will. Except there's a few foreshortening gaffes that make some parts of the animation seem much more convincingly to be spinning in one particular direction.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by neo-dragon: As I said, I think that when we say clockwise we all intuitively assume that it means the spinner is turning to her right.
Not all of us.
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
Really? If I asked you to stand up right now and start spinning clockwise you wouldn't turn to the right? I don't know why, but that just seems natural.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Originally posted by neo-dragon: Really? If I asked you to stand up right now and start spinning clockwise you wouldn't turn to the right? I don't know why, but that just seems natural.
That makes sense.
But I still didn't assume that I knew that that's what people meant.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
From the bottom looking up, counterclockwise
From the top looking down, clockwise
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
Looks like I wasn't the first to figure it out. I say Mph wins the thread. The thing we can be sure of is that she's spinning to HER right.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
I think you are missing the point Launchy. The direction she is spinning is entirely determined by your brain. There is no objective answer.
Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :
This is the coolest gestalt switch image I've ever seen. It took me a few minutes to be able to see her turning counterclockwise, and then it took me a few minutes to be able to see the clockwise motion again.
I think the floating up-down cycle might have something to do with why it's so good. As she completes one cycle of up-down, her toes and her heels are in a straight line toward you/away from you twice, so you can't make the gestalt switch in the middle of the up-down cycle.
I also can't focus on the whole image at once, so sometimes that made me switch, and sometimes that locked me into the same one for a while.
The shadow is also awesome. At first, I couldn't see how the shadow could possibly be in that position if she were going the other way, but after I switched back and forth a few times, I could see how it works from a different vertical angle each way.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I just realized there's a flaw in the back and forth sway perception. The leading leg (the one raised) switches positions.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
Clockwise and I saw nipples
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head:
quote:Originally posted by MEC:
quote:Yeah, actually, whether you're looking up or down at her, clockwise is the same...
no it's not, it reverses.
Yup.
Let's say that she's standing on a clock, turning the same direction as the clock hands.
If you look down at her, she's spinning clockwise.
But if you look up at her from below, she's spinning counterclockwise.
Okay, that, I don't get.
I guess I'm assuming the clock is transparent? Or is it just the way my brain processes that I picture both as clockwise?
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
kq: It might help you if you use a pen(cil). Just turn it clockwise while looking down at it and then while sustaining the rotation lift it above your head. Amazingly, it then appears to turn counter-clockwise. - But don't do it in a busy office, else people might think you're slightly loopy.
In regards to the spinning lady, I first perceived her to be spinning counter-clockwise. As it seems the majority of the posters before me saw the clockwise motion, I wonder whether this has anything to do with the fact that I'm a lefty. Any thoughts on that?
Edit: just took out some typo's and grammatical errors.
[ October 12, 2007, 04:41 AM: Message edited by: Eduardo St. Elmo ]
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Hmm, interesting. I'm also a lefty and first saw counterclockwise (I can switch now at will but it takes effort). Oddly enough, I am a right-twister, but most people I know are left-twisters.
Posted by Eduardo St. Elmo (Member # 9566) on :
Mike, could you please eloborate on what you mean being a 'right-twister'? I'm assuming it doesn't have anything to do with the party-game...
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
When I say clockwise, I mean she's turning to her right, that is, when her outstretched leg moves across "in front" of her body, it's going right to left. This would be top-down clockwise, if that helps.
It takes some work now, but I can make the rotations switch.
EDIT - For those who can't make the switch, try focusing on the shadow at the bottom of the image. For those who can't see it going counterclockwise, every time you see the shadow sweep right to left say, out loud, "back" or "behind." That is, you're trying to convince your brain that her outstretched foot is passing behind her pivot leg. For going counterclockwise to clockwise, substitute "front."
The shadow is what really prevents me from seeing it consistently as swinging back and forth.
[ October 12, 2007, 05:44 AM: Message edited by: Juxtapose ]
Posted by Dark (Member # 11072) on :
counter clockwise
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
clockwise
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I can't even remember what direction I saw first, but I too noticed the anatomical correctness of the mammary glands. Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
I noticed, I wasn't going to say anything though.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Clockwise.
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
By covering up her body and only looking at the feet, I can get it to switch directions. When I can see all of the body, however, I can't - she's stuck in whatever direction was in when I started.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
And, I too noticed the correctness.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
OK, I've seen it switch a few times. But it's not at will. At all. And if I go away and come back, it always starts off clockwise. This will make me both sick and crazy if I keep looking at it!
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
Clockwise, in the regular image. The little icon in the Firefox tab switches back and forth, but is mostly counterclockwise. I've tried to change the large dancer from clockwise to counterclockwise, but I haven't yet been able to do it.
edit: Whoa. I just switched back to the tab, and she was going counter-clockwise! I noticed I was leaning to the right in my seat, though, whereas before I was looking pretty straight on. I tried leaning back to normal, but she still went counter-clockwise... but when I switched away from the tab and back again, she was back to clockwise.
[ October 12, 2007, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: xnera ]
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
Counter clockwise.
edit: okay now I have seen it switch, but I can't do it on purpose.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I haven't been able to make it switch. And I honestly wasn't sure which way she was spinning to begin with, but by applying the right hand rule and using her torso as the axis of motion. I have concluded that she is spinning clockwise.
(and I'm a lefty)
AJ
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
quote:Originally posted by BannaOj: I haven't been able to make it switch. And I honestly wasn't sure which way she was spinning to begin with, but by applying the right hand rule and using her torso as the axis of motion. I have concluded that she is spinning clockwise.
(and I'm a lefty)
AJ
I love your brain. Just sayin'. Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
why thank you.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I "made" her switch to counter-clockwise by looking at the shadow for a couple seconds. Now I can't get her to switch back.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: I'm trying to figure out what everybody means by "clockwise" or "counter-clockwise". The same direction of spin will look clockwise or counter-clockwise depending on the direction you're looking at it from.
Only over/under if it is a person or something on a similiar axis.; not front to back.
The gesture leg definitely has to switch for her to change directions, since she is always leading with the outside of her thigh, regardless of turning clockwise or counterclockwise.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I have no idea what you just said.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
Okay, let me explain. Imagine: Someone is standing in front of you, turning in place, clockwise. You could walk around them, and from any where you stand, they will always be turning clockwise.
Now imagine that person is standing on the second floor of a building made out of glass. If you go to the third floor and look down, they will still be turning clockwise. However, if you go to the first floor and look up from below, only then will they be turning counter-clockwise.
The face of a clock is already on this kind of axis, so if you stood behind it, it would be turning counter-clockwise; but a spinning person is on an axis perpendicular to that.
Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
And I now realize someone has already explained that... but I felt the need to clarify that with a person, you couldn't just change the perceived direction of their spin by looking at them from a different perspective on the same plane.
And I still don't understand how it makes her change her legs.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Okay, let me explain. Imagine: Someone is standing in front of you, turning in place, clockwise.
If they're standing in front of me and turning clockwise from my perspective, they're doing cartwheels. If they're spinning on the axis of their body, like the girl in the image is spinning, then it's neither clockwise nor counterclockwise from my perspective.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Clockwise.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
quote:If they're standing in front of me and turning clockwise from my perspective, they're doing cartwheels. If they're spinning on the axis of their body, like the girl in the image is spinning, then it's neither clockwise nor counterclockwise from my perspective.
That's because you're a freak.
A hyper-literal freak. I've never liked you, and I'm not sorry that you moved away.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
I can't change it. I've tried.
Posted by David G (Member # 8872) on :
It took alot of work, but I can now see her going both ways. At first, I could see her spinning clockwise only, but after staring at the bottom foot and trying real hard to imagine her spinning counter-clockwise, I finally managed to make her switch.
Now I need to figure out who to bill the last half-hour of my day to.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Okay, ONLY use this site if you just can NOT see it and want some help. It has two animations that will help you see both directions in the original.
When I first saw it, I thought clockwise. When I came back here to post and read some of the other posts, I went back.
I can now make it switch back and forth at will. It's pretty cool. Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
I can see all three going different ways.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
3 different ways? Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
I could once or twice see one clockwise, one counter clockwise and the original going back and forth.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
In the link I posted, there's the original on the left. The middle and right ones have been slowed down and white lines have been drawn in to show contours. (You can see this in the butt, bust, and ears.) This will help you be able to "see" what each direction would look like in the original.
I could only see clockwise. To see counterclockwise, I stared at the middle picture, labeled "anti-clockwise" until I got that rotation in my mind. Then, I looked at the original picture (on the left) and could finally see it go counterclockwise.
I can only see each direction with help, so far.
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
To see those change direction, I could only look at the legs.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
I now see what everyone's talking about. She goes both ways.
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
I can see it going back and forth now, it's odd because it makes her switch her supporting leg.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I can't even see it on the anti-clockwise one. Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
They spelled "counter" wrong. Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
It was counterclockwise at first, then I deliberately switched it and saw it as clockwise. Now I can see it either way at will. (Not both at once, though!) Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tristan: Counter-clockwise. I can't imagine how anyone is seeing it differently.
Edit: actually, I managed to switch direction. It was a matter of deciding that one leg passed in front of her when I previously saw it passing behind her.
Exactly the same for me.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
That is awesome.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
clockwise
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
counterclockwise, and I almost couldn't make it do any different, but I finally got clockwise out of it when I focused on how the leg follows the arm. I got it to switch back when I focused on the foot.
Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
I always see it as clockwise first. I have difficulty forcing myself to see it otherwise; I can only do so by looking to the side and viewing it peripherally, and convincing myself it is going counterclockwise, then slowly move my eyes over to it.
But then I have to do the same thing to see it clockwise again.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Very cool...it takes a second but I can switch to all 3...clockwise, counter and just moving back and forth. All BEFORE I checked anyone elses answers. Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
I desperately want to be able to stop it and go frame by frame. I can't figure out how she switches from bouncing on her left leg to bouncing on her right.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I think it's funny somebody resurrected this thread and the madness has started over anew.
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
clockwise.
Posted by The White Whale (Member # 6594) on :
Here's to thread resurrection, with a different illusion:
My brain still hurts. I can never trust my eyes again.
Posted by Khavanon (Member # 929) on :
I always see clockwise, but I think my mind has reasoned that because of how she's leaning into it and by the leg she's not spinning on, I can't see a physical possibility for her to go the other direction.
(edit): And now I finally saw it switch, with the arm and leg switching sides.
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
![[Dont Know]](graemlins/dontknow.gif)
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
![[Wall Bash]](graemlins/wallbash.gif)
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
.![[Blushing]](graemlins/blushing.gif)
why thank you.
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
![[Frown]](frown.gif)