Pareidolia -- Why We See Human Faces in Clouds, Rocks, Tree Bark, on the Moon, and even Mars

Pareidolia: Why We See Human Faces in Clouds, Rocks, Tree
Bark, on the Moon, and even Mars


In this episode of the fine art photography podcast, we discuss
the psychological phenomenon of Pareidolia, or the tendency to
recognize faces in random shapes, patterns, or noise, and
sometimes in our own photographs!

Cited in this podcast:

My blog
https://icatchshadows.com/

Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pareidolia

Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/25448-pareidolia.html

Wikipedia: Giuseppe Arcimboldo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo#/media/File:Vertumnus_%C3%A5rstidernas_gud_m%C3%A5lad_av_Giuseppe_Arcimboldo_1591_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_91503.tiff


Wikipedia -- Pareidolia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

Inverse, article by Hannah Margaret Allen
https://www.inverse.com/article/49527-what-is-pareidolia