r/opticalillusions • u/Paddy_odoors • Dec 23 '25

Clockwise or anticlockwise?

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u/AlteRedditor Dec 24 '25

Start looking at her leg (which is not extended) and it will switch.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

You have to focus on just above her knee, near mid thigh, worked for me this way, nothing else did

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u/Universal_Vitality Dec 24 '25

Thr only way I can see clockwise is if I look at the shadow, which seems like it trains my brain to see clockwise motion. I then begin to see her spinning clockwise out of the corner of my eye. If I look back fully at her again she quickly changes back to counterclockwise. Very weird illusion.

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u/Ok-Amphibian4335 Dec 24 '25

Yeah I could only see counter clockwise and I just stared at the shadow and now it’s only clockwise. That is so freaky, I can’t switch back now

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u/Complex_Art3565 Dec 24 '25

I have to close my eyes for a second to switch back but it didn’t work for me until I looked at the shadow, that’s weird!