Activism

Investigating perception

Activism
an intentional action to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. This action is
in support of, or opposition to, one side of what is often a controversial topic or argument.

Susan B. Anthony Mahatma Gahndi Martin Luther King Jr. John Lennon

Pareidolia
describes the psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or
sound) being perceived as significant.

Have you ever seen the man in the moon? Or Michael Jackson is a cloud bank?

Rorschach Test
a psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using
psychological interpretation, complex scientifically derived algorithms, or both. Some psychologists use
this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been
employed to detect an underlying thought disorder, especially in cases where patients are reluctant to
describe their thinking processes openly.
 Abstract Art
Abstract Expressionism

Jackson Pollock Lee Krasner

Number 10, 1949 Speed No. 21, 1969

Cubism / Cubo-Futurism

Marcel Duchamp, 1912 Joseph Stella

Nude Descending Staircase Brooklyn Bridge, 1917

Pablo Picasso
Guernica, 1937