A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away - I went to school to get an education. Still trying to figure out how that happened, and why I still remember the craziest things. But one of the more creative things I was exposed to - was Subliminal advertising. That was the idea that images are retouched ever so slightly to impart a theme to the viewer, w/o the viewer actually realizing or consciously recognizing what they were seeing.
There were some doozey's - but you have to realize it was the late 70's/early 80's - and there was no such thing as 'Photoshop' - so any images either in stills or motion pictures - had to be altered by hand.
Two of the examples that have stuck w/ me all of these years are;
- skulls in the ice cubes of liquor ad's
- the word 'Sex' in Lincoln's Beard (on the old $5 bill)
Now all of that said - I came across the following link to Mighty Optical Illusions today - and all I could think about was that old 7th grade class (it was part of English - still trying to figure that relationship out).
Let me warn you - if you 'see' the allusions in these pictures - you might be offended by what they are suggesting.
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