Erotic Pareidolia.

Just saw something in the silhouette of an Ivy against the moon. I was thinking... Maybe I have an "issue"?

- Am I supposed to see like..cows or angels? Puppies maybe?
-This is different from Mars rocks.

Sometimes I see it in the tiles at work.
Kind of squiggly lines that sort of look like "stuff"...

There's a psychological term for it, I'm sure.

I am an artist and I also teach art. There is a lot of that in art many artist use it as their rationale, as there is in general. It is just a natural phenomena, like any other archetypal image; humanity has been using fertility symbols since forever and it is probably etched on the human psyche and collective consciousness. The ancient egyptians considered lettuce a fertility symbol and also depicted phalluses in their art, as did the Romans and Greeks. Eastern / Indian art contains a lot of such imagery. These days in our western culture there is a certain conservativeness about such things.

I just looked around and I can see plenty, I wear a screw / love bangle and it even that could be said as having symbols, though to me it doesn't represent anything it might be said to look like.



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Wow! Thank you for your concise and eloquent reply

A nice read and I don't feel all that strange about it.

(I actually wasn't too worried about it, I've just been noticing it for a while)

This is probably not the best place to seek a diagnosis - or re-assurance.

However your insights may not be the norm, not that it is a set back. Merely a different perspective,
one that not all can relate to, nor come to terms with ... don't let that hold you back though, persistence and doggedness
will be your saviours ... should you stick at it .