Russian Sand Lady

YouTube and Internet videos about the different topics in our texts is one of the things I really enjoy in this class. That Russian sand artist, if that is what you call her, used many vision and perception techniques that we use and talk about in this class. Before this unit, I couldn't explain why I could see those pictures but I always enjoyed doing those illusion exercises. From looking at my notes and my textbook, I have found that this can be best explained by the Closure part of the perspective organization grouping. The definition of closure explains that we fill in the gaps of lines and shades to create a complete, whole object. The Russian lady used sand to show lines, contrast, and shapes to allow our eyes to put the shapes together to make a picture. She actually used many of the grouping topics, but I believe that she used closure more than any other one.

From my notes and definitions, I also believe she used gestault because she used sand to help us organize and emphasis our tendency to integrate pieces of information and pictures she provided into a meaningful picture that portrayed sensitive topics in Russian history. I don't know how, but she also used lines and perspectives to give us a sense of depth perspective and made her pictures look 3D. It was a very cool video and it went well with this unit.