Perhaps you’ve heard about the Texas police officer who saw the face of the Virgin Mary in a lemon slice. If you haven’t heard about the story or seen the pictures, click here to learn more.

I’ve been holding onto a photo for a while which I believe, if you look at it just right, looks like another familiar biblical figure. Take a look and see if you see what I see. Of course, what I also see is the power of the Gestalt principle of “closure” - our tendency to complete incomplete images and to see patterns where they do - and often do not - exist. What do you think? Click on the images to see a larger version of each.

Here’s a close up of the same image:

In case you’re having trouble seeing it, here’s the same image with an outline around the robed figure:

Coming up on the next episode of The Psych Files: the Gestalt principles (in everyday life of course).