Where's the Cow

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Check out this wonderful illusion.
How I Would Use This

I am preparing a speech for a group of professionals and will insert this picture into their handouts. I will ask them to find the cow. I think most of them will find it, but some people always have trouble with it.
The point I am making is that the brain is always trying to create order. In this case it is faced with a black and white blob image and tries to find something it can recognize.

In the same way, when we communicate with others, people are always trying to find order in our messages. So it is important that we help them follow the flow of our presentation. Openings that introduce the topic, transitions that help people follow where we are going and conclusions that wrap up the main points all help the listener find order. Without that order, all the words are just a jumble that are clear to only one person - the speaker.

Illusions are wonderful tools for making points. Google the words visual illusions and see what comes up.