Right or Left Brain?

[Anne]

http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615984947x1146386631x1079468311/aol?redir=http://www.switched.com/2007/10/15/the-trippiest-optical-illusions-on-the-net/

[greg]

i looked once, and she was spinning right. then i look again after a minute and she's spinning left 

[greg]

i'm speechless.....
i just looked at that thing again to see if i can "make" it look like it's spinning right again, and just by looking and kinda relaxing my brain, it started going towards the right!

this is an exercise i should have to test myself, to get in the right state of mind for composing- too often it's easy to slip into a left-brain state where all you're thinking about is putting notes together, but whenever you think that way, it's impossible to think of anything good. Maybe doing a simple test of looking until the lady is spinning right would help?....

[Mark]

Definitely clockwise.

[George]

i looked once, and she was spinning right. then i look again after a minute and she's spinning left 

Left (counterclockwise), I tried seeing it the other way, but I can't. 

[George]

Definitely clockwise.

Watch her foot. Still clockwise?

When we say clockwise or counter clockwise, we mean HER perspective right?

[greg]

#$(*&#($&#
whoa, this is really scary. again! when i first start looking it's left- i try to think "Turn right! Turn right!" but it never happens. Then I had this thought pop up in my mind- this little section of music which i've been dwelling over for the last few days- a little section in the last movement of Mahler's 6th, a part which is played 2 or 3 times in a sort of majorish, loud key with the violins doing some screaming melody- and just like that, the lady started spinning right again! It was so sudden, it really freaked me out...... never seen anything like that, it's like a visual indication of what side of the brain you're using

[greg]

Left (counterclockwise), I tried seeing it the other way, but I can't. 

George, shut off your mind. Put on some music, do whatever. She'll start spinning right and i'll freak you out!

[George]

#$(*&#($&#
whoa, this is really scary. again! when i first start looking it's left- i try to think "Turn right! Turn right!" but it never happens. Then I had this thought pop up in my mind- this little section of music which i've been dwelling over for the last few days- a little section in the last movement of Mahler's 6th, a part which is played 2 or 3 times in a sort of majorish, loud key with the violins doing some screaming melody- and just like that, the lady started spinning right again! It was so sudden, it really freaked me out...... never seen anything like that, it's like a visual indication of what side of the brain you're using

I'll try to think of something sad, to activate the other side of my brain.

[Mark]

Watch her foot. Still clockwise?

When we say clockwise or counter clockwise, we mean HER perspective right?

Yep, and yep.

[Wendell_E]

Definitely clockwise.

I'm with Mark.  Clockwise.  And yes, from her perspective.

[71 dB]

My best friend sent me that link a week ago. The trick is based on non-perspective 2D-projection. In fact it's all our mind that creates the illusion of an 3D object rotating.

The girl moves up and down a little bit while rotating. I think that's what determines the direction of rotation, according to which side of the brain we are using.

[lukeottevanger]

100% clockwise

[locrian]

What's it mean when she flips you off?

[orbital]

I'll try to think of something sad, to activate the other side of my brain.

look at her foot on the ground. Think of it as the right foot, then the left foot. That may do the trick.

(I saw her first turning counter clockwise)

[JoshLilly]

What's it mean when she flips you off?

It means she noticed you didn't read the directions. Paragraph 2:
"Instead of concentrating on her chest"

[Mark]

To save clicking away from GMG, let's stick her in this thread.

[carlos]

Clockwise without doubt

[locrian]

Clockwise without doubt

For me as well.

[EmpNapoleon]

I only see counter-clockwise. 

I mainly use the center of my brain and the right side of my body.