Gryphon
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Old Woman/Young Woman
Posted by Gryphon on February 21, 2009
Here is an optical illusion I first remember seeing more than 40 years ago. I have come across it 30 or more times since then. It is a classic and given its age and yours (whatever that may be) perhaps you have seen it too.
Look at the picture. Do you see a stylish young woman or a haggard old woman? Both are there. When you see one or the other look for the other. When you find her, then go back and find the other again. Do that a few times (going back and forth) and you will be able to find both with fairly the same amount of ease.
I am a fan of optical illusions of this sort and have studied this one so much that I can now see both women at the SAME TIME.
It’s all in your focus.
womaninblack said
I see a Scooby Doo-style sheet ghost enveloping an innocent teen.
I must get more sleep.
gryphonscry said
scooby doo where are you?
kennedy121 said
Hmmm, I can only see the old woman, and to me it looks like she has brown hair, but it’s covered by a white headscarf thing…
gryphonscry said
The young woman is wearing a choker around her neck
gryphonscry said
The young one is there, Ken.
lori78 said
Saw the stylish young woman first but quickly saw the old woman too! I once saw something like this in our school corridor, back when I was in college.
Gryphon said
This is an oldie. I saw it first back in the sixties.
lori78 said
Whoa, really?! Well, it’s a good one so maybe that’s why it survived this long…
Gryphon said
I’m amazed that I’VE survived this long–since the late 50s!
This optical illusion has several different adaptations. This is the one that I remember from the first time I saw it.
lori78 said
God has amazing plans for you, that’s why!
Gryphon said
so it would seem.
Anonymous said
it is cool. i can see it
:):):):):):):):):):):)
Gryphon said
Very cool! Keep coming back!
Anonymous said
i cant see the young lady
Gryphon said
she’s there. look again. adjust your focus and point of reference
nona said
i cant find the young woman, wtf is wrong?!:s
Gryphon said
The young woman is in 1/4 profile and faces left.
Gryphon said
her left ear is the old woman’s eye
Rajeanne said
I am trying my hardest to see the old woman and I cant can u help
Gryphon said
The young woman’s jaw line is the old woman’s nose
Aline said
Dalí, Picasso … well … how
But what I understand is how this image …
just as the young woman killed delicate physical traits (elongated neck, face, fine) the oldest weighs in size of eye drop nose … … is the youngest woman to have eyes bright impression as it eyes appearing not see cilia are …
And the age weighs … funny, is the load … and above is the new woman … always watching … as the memory of the oldest joints …. are …. but not the oldest is the reality of the new, but the old is new as lembrança.Desculpe, you can ramble a lot with that image … and my English is very bad … laughter ;P
Gryphon said
sounds ok to me.
Anonymous said
I can’t see the old woman!
it is so hard to find!
Gryphon said
you have to shift focus. Read the clues above.
Bingo said
It took me SO DAMN LONG to find the creepy old woman xD
Really, I’ve seen this picture many times and had never seen anything but the young one -_-’
Gryphon said
the young woman is in 25% profile. The old woman is in 50% profile.
GregsPlacexD said
It Scared Me Whenever I Found The Old Lady..
Lauraaaa=] said
Bin staring for ages! i cant find the old woman >:( im gettin frustrated!
Gryphon said
don’t stare. Look away and then look back. adjust your focus. Let it come to you.
Heyven said
I cannot find the old lady my friend found her and then she couldn’t see the young woman this is for real confusing
Gryphon said
hints are above. You have to ease into it. The harder you push the harder it will be. The ear of the young woman is the old woman’s eye. The old woman’s mouth is the young woman’s choker necklace.
Heyven said
Ohh i can see her know thank you so much
aks said
took me a while to find the young lady. if you’re having problems with it, look up different versions of it. they’re much more pronounced (especially the black and white).
Kelsey and Heather said
thats cool xD !!
we love thesee !
Mel Ancholy said
Considering that Aks and Kelsey and Heather all have the same avatar I would say that the same person made comments number 20 and 21. I am not sure why though. Each person is assigned their own unique avatar.
Gryphon said
are you sure that your name isn’t Ms. Marple?