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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Am I the only one that sees people in wood grain?</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;"><strong>Pareidolia</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;"> <em>per-ˌī-ˈdōl-yəә</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;"> noun</span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">&#8220;the tendency to perceive a specific,</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;"> often meaningful,</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;"> image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;"> The human brain is optimized to recognize faces,</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;"> which could also explain why we are so good</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;"> at picking out meaningful shapes</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;"> in random patterns.&#8221;</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">-Merriam Webster</span></p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-1320 size-medium aligncenter" src="https://josephinesworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_6093-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">And so&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">I have a serious case of</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">Pareidolia!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">Am I the only one that sees people in wood grain?</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">So glad Mr. Webster found some others who have the same quirky habit.</span></p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-1320 size-large" src="https://josephinesworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_6093-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="1024" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">Finally had to paint what was coming out of the woodwork</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #808080;">&#8230;. a family of all ages and generations in worship!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-1320 size-thumbnail aligncenter" src="https://josephinesworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_6093-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /><span style="color: #808080;"><strong>If Walls Could Talk</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999;">12 x 12 mixed media on wood</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">That they may arise and tell them to their children, </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">-Psalm 78:6</span></p>
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