This lovely dancer arrived in an email link a month or more back. It's a simple little test. The idea is that if you see her rotating clockwise you are more right-brained, and if you see her rotating counter- clockwise you are more left brained.
I called my husband and Dee Dee over to come take a look...
Hubby: Obviously, she's going counter-clockwise. To the left.
Me: No. Definitely clockwise. She's turning to the right.
Hubby: What are you talking about? How could that be?
Dee Dee: Right. No left. Now right. Oh, back left again. She keeps flipping!
Here's what boggles my mind: I would have bet large sums of money on the fact that I'm left-brained. I have excelled in many left-brained endeavors. I have fabulous analytical skills. I do Sudoku to relax. Shoot, I spent six years at MIT getting my bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering. I was awarded departmental and national fellowships. How could I be anything but left-brained?
I cannot, even understanding how this optical test works, make her spin to the left. I can imagine it with my eyes closed, but she is most definitely spinning to the right when I open them. I am right-brained. I internally resonate with the right-brained description far more than the left-brained description. I can DO left (really well, apparently), but I AM right.
Recently, I have been having much fun releasing my creativity and exploring my natural skills. My new activities are far more satisfying. Life is good.
The question blazing in my mind is: If I can achieve so much masquerading as a left-brained engineer, what can I do when I embrace my true nature? And better still, what happens when I combine my skills?
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