Adam Blatner
Words and Images from the Mind of Adam Blatner
Shifting Gestalts
Originally posted on March 4, 2012
This piece came to me in the email and it adds to my interest in scriptology, my name for the general field of writing itself, alphabets, including the art and play as well as linguistics and history of writing:
F1gur471v31y 5p34k1ng? Good example of a Brain Study.
If you can read this you have a strong mind.
7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR
M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!
1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG
17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3
Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY
W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17,
B3 PROUD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N
R3AD 7H15. PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F U C4N R34D 7H15.
M3RRY C8R1S7MA5
Wow. That is mind-boggling! I was sure it was just random characters, until I let my eyes roam around and sort of go into soft focus, then the words started popping out.