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Art and Mind
The human mind is a very powerful
tool and organ. There are however
imperfections in the way it
processes things. Illusions for
example, are visual stimuli that
trick the brain because the brain
cannot process all visual images
correctly. Why do we see puddles
forming up the road while we are
driving in our cars on a hot summer
day? Why do some parts of a drawing
look bigger when in fact they are
smaller? There have been many
artists that have used illusions in
their paintings, M.C. Escher, Scott
Kim, and Salvador Dali. Each artist
employed a different illusionary
style. In Dali's works of art, he
often uses perceptual ambiguity and
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