As a finger and thumb reach for a circle, something else can be perceived in the negative space.  What do you see?

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Stare at the center of this figure.  Does it appear that there is scintillating activity (or movement) within the purple rings?

This figure, titled “The Enigma”, was painted by Isia Leviant in 1981.

YES and NO coexist in this sculpture by Markus Raetz.  When viewed from one angle, the word YES can be seen.  Moving to a different vantage point reveals that the word NO is also present.  Can you see how the letters E and S form the letter O when viewed at an alternate angle?

The strange green creature below is showing off his gymnastic skills on the parallel bars.  But are these bars really parallel?  Does he get a higher score for the extra degree of difficulty?

Spanish professor Vicente Meavilla created this composition.  Meavilla uses felt-tip pens to color many of his drawings.

A man, a woman and their dog are out for a Sunday drive in their small car.  Do you notice anything else present in this picture?  Perhaps something that appears somewhat sinister?

This image was found at Museo Ilusionario’s Flickr Page.

Located in the center of the Belgian village of Ophoven is the following sculpture of an impossible triangle.  The sculpture is made from wood and finished with polyester.  The triangle only appears to be “impossible” when viewing it from a specific angle.  The photograph on the right shows how it looks when viewed from other angles.

This sculpture was created by Mathieu Hamakers.

What word do you see below?  Do you see one word or two words?

There are two distinct words, that happen to be polar opposites of one another within this figure-ground ambigram.  Perhaps the word that you see first says something about your personality or current state of happiness.

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