Optical Illusions and Perspectives

This week I was reminded of optical illusions, particularly that of MC Escher, through the game called Monument Valley. It's a puzzle journey and it made me reconsider perspectives.

I often found myself having to think outside of the norm with how things worked, like when moving a piece that you wouldn't normally be able to stand on, but now can because of the way the illusion works.

Playing with the various ways things moved until a way to move forward fell into place, often with me thinking "I don't know exactly what I did but it worked!" and celebrating that!

Being in the flow and play and pleasure of the game rather than the outcome and the hows.

Then I got to thinking…

- Where in my life can I change perspectives from the norm?

- Where can there be an unexpected idea or solution that wouldn't have come about if I stuck with the way I normally see it?

- What if our perspectives are just illusions… ways of viewing things, when really there are infinite possibilities?

So outside of the game, I've been playing with and exploring perspectives: shapes in the clouds, the multiple uses of a water bottle other than for drinking water, looking at something higher while being at the height of a toddler, how I take notes and use notes, identities…

So I'm curious…

- Where are you playing with exploring different perspectives in your life?

- Where are you making it harder for yourself?

- What new perspectives are you exploring?

- What are you trying to figure out the how of it all when all you really need to do is change the way you are looking at it?

- What path/perspective turns you on and lights you up inside?