So, a while back, I stumbled on someone doing a ‘Faces Everywhere‘ project. (I’ve since also seen it titled as ‘Faces in Places‘ as well.) It’s based on the phenomenon of pareidolia which, due to the way that our brains work, causes us to see a rabbit in the clouds, a man in the moon, and strange messages in Beatles songs when we play them backwards.

Anyway, Faces Everywhere are pictures taken of common objects that seem to have facial features, because we’re all really good at making things that are not faces into faces. I hadn’t heard of the idea before, and started looking around to see if I could find a few, and here’s what I come up with. Enjoy. (Clicking on the image will bring up a nice little image carousel, designed for your viewing pleasure.)

Face in the lace left from some beer foam inside a pint glass. He looks relaxed.

That is one happy roll of toilet paper. He obviously has no idea what his purpose in life is.

Shocked? Angry? A little bit of both?

One of two faces I discovered one day on my dashboard…

…that oddly enough share a pair of eyes.

Hey! I’m a pickle! Yeah!

That’s a lot of face without a nose. At least he has ears to make up for it. Also, note the subtle tongue hanging out of the mouth.

So, after finding out about Faces Everywhere, Shannon got into the act, too, spotting this ‘Dead Duck Bolt.’

And then Julie hopped on board with an ‘Ooo! Candy!’ face.