Spinning out of control

[silversolitaire]

This has caused quite a lot of discussion around here today:



In which direction is it spinning for you?



I can only see it spin clockwise, but I know others see it spin counter-clockwise or both directions even. Supposedly, it's related to which side of the brain you're predominantly using and depending on which side you use it means certain things. Not so sure about that, but you can read all about it here.

Apparently some people doubt that it actually CAN spin into the other direction you're not seeing. So I did this to illustrate that it can indeed be either direction. It's all in the mind!



EDIT:
And here's her spinning counter-clockwise:


So, what do you see?

Comments

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

That is the coolest and freakiest thing! When I first saw it I would have sworn you were LYING if you said it could do anything but go clockwise. Even with the drawings. Then when I saw the animated one with the lines I got it, but the top one still went back to clockwise. Now it flips a bit, but I think it defaults more to clockwise. I also swear it spins faster clockwise than anti-clockwise which is quite clearly an illusion, so I think it means my brain is much more comfortable in that direction.

What actually surprised me more is that according to the site most people saw it anti-clockwise. And I always thought I was very left-brain logical/mathematical, too.

Now I just want to show this to everyone I know XD