Tag: optical illusions
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This Week on Mystery Theatre:
Flipping, Turning, and Rotating CluesThe person in the picture is not standing by a lake. In fact, he isn’t standing at all—a realization that becomes obvious once the photo is rotated 90 degrees to the left, at which point we see that the boy is lying with his back to a fallen tree and a foot propped against its…
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This Week on Mystery Theatre:
Strange Paintings and Stranger NamesIs the woman in the portrait turning toward or away from the viewer? Is she young or is she old? And what if anything might she reveal about the name Ms. Ambertin? It’s enough to confound even a master sleuth, and yet–according to August LaFleur–everything you need to answer the questions and more may be…
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This Week on Mystery Theatre:
The Case of the Rotating PortraitYou study the girl in the portrait, her face askance, as if she is in the process of turning away from the viewer. Her skin is smooth, neck slender and adorned with a ribbon, head high and capped with a bonnet. You fix your gaze, study her until, in a blink, the portrait changes. The…