Like pictures of the Moon, I usually expect instances of the above phenomenon (coined and introduced by Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum during his directorship of the mental hospital in Görlitz from the Greek παρά and εἴδωλον, substitute form of pattern or facial detection (previously) never to translate well to the camera from my mind’s eye so was surprised to see again this distinguished moustachioed chappy hanging among the leaves and branches at sundown as I had remembered him—whereas even whilst looking at them, most faces or fossils conjured up in trees, rough surfaces (called mimetoliths) and shadows are fleeting and transitory at best, very like a cloud—forced perspective and state of mind being and focus being likewise escaping. What sorts of creative, imaginative landscapes are your favourites?
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