Thalassophobia is the fear of deep bodies of water, not of water itself but the fear of emptiness beneath the waves or being far from shore. This primal fear may be an inherent part of the psyche, a developed evolutionary response that imprinted itself over time....

Noema touches upon Gestalt Psychology. The artwork combines a woman’s profile with a bird’s (an Egret). Upon first perceiving the image, it is taken as a whole; beautiful, ambiguous, and strangely poetic. Then, as we investigate, we intellectualize the parts to see how they relate to...