Optical Illusions

We looked at optical illusions in class for a few periods. One of my favourite ones was this sign. It seems like "Paris in the spring" if you read it quickly. However, when you read it one word at a time, you can see that the sign actually reads, "Paris in the the spring." I think that this was one of the examples where we can see a difference in perception through thought processes. When I saw this in class, I only saw Paris in the spring and could not spot the difference. However, Floruen and some other people immediately spotted that there was a repetition of the word "the." I think that the thought process of these people worked in a multi-faceted way, in that they see something and perceive it in small, individual parts. However, I saw this and thought of it as a whole. This might show that my thought processes work in a large, singular way.