seafloor_abstract, originally uploaded by bphall.

Cruising along in thirty feet of water at Bird Rock, Catalina Island, CA, just a foot or so from the bottom, I look down and notice the rock, and urchins, and the colorful encrusting sea life all around. And yes, I see a face. But it’s not a face, it’s an abstraction, a visual mondegreen painted on the sea floor. Does anyone know of a word that defines something seen, at first glance, that is, something else entirely?