11. Vase or faces?
This image is named the Vase Ambiguous Figure and was created by Danish philosopher and psychologist Edgar John Rubin in 1915. The illusion is also known as Rubin’s Face and Figure-Ground Vase. These names themselves reveal the contents of the image. Will you see the vase first or two people staring into each other’s eyes?
Did you see the vase first? Then you’re able to keep an overview in all situations, but you also pay less attention to details. Those who saw the faces first, however, pay more attention to detail and are more aware of the small steps needed to achieve a more complex goal.