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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6592517" data-attributes="member: 2011">If you view it as "this is the actual image seen" (i.e. the actual light reflected off of the magical image) instead of the brain being misled, then there is no mind affecting involved.I still do not think of it as tricking the mind. I think of it as this is the image you see and an intelligent creature can spot the minor discrepancies or errors.The hard part of this to wrap one's head around is the ability to see past it once it is discovered if it were merely a reflection of normal light off the illusory image (this does not happen with visual illusions in the real world). Figuring it out would not change the light (at least in the real world). So I view it more as "if I shift my head to this angle and tilt it slightly, I can see through the holes and see what is really behind it".I almost view it as polarized light. When squinting with the eyes just right, one can see past the extra light reflected by the image to the original light reflected (or generated) behind it.</blockquote>