is subjective, meaning that every has a different view and thought on how things appear to be. IF perception was objective, this means that everyone would have the same opinion or view on the world..how dull.
I think it's fascinating how we can trick our minds, which are apparently so smart, into seeing things, that are not there. For example, the simple magic trick of throwing the ball up into the air. The magician will throw the ball slowly up into the air three times, then on the fourth time, pretend to throw it up. However, the audience see the fourth ball fly up in the air and this is because there brain predicts what's going to happen, they don't necessarily see what is happening.
This is very similar to how my art teacher says when we are painting to "paint what you see".I didn't really understand the true meaning until now. It's because when we go to paint or draw, we know the basic's of the face shape etc. so we start to draw that. BUT, we rarely draw what is actually in front of us, the structure similar to what we are drawing.
Because our brain's can be tricked so easily with optical illusion's, how can we tell what is, and what isn't? How can we trust that our own perception is reliable? Because we see that fourth ball fly up in the air, does that mean, "seeing believing?"
An optical illusion that makes me laugh is the elephant one below, the task is to colour inside the lines and tell me how many legs the elephant has..
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