Please Participate In This Thought Experiment And Answer This Question…

The opposite day on my Addicted 2 Decorating Facebook web page, I posted this side-by-side image of a lightweight that I noticed on the Wayfair web site and my studio pendant gentle. As quickly as I noticed that Wayfair gentle, I assumed, “Oh, that jogs my memory of my studio gentle! And wow! Have a look at that value!“

And within the description of that publish, I began with “For this reason I DIY…” and talked concerning the value distinction, and many others. Now, in fact, I’ve a bonus in that DIYing is actually my full-time job. So for me, time isn’t a problem. I understand that for individuals who work a full-time job, spending hours and hours making one thing won’t repay, so that you’d be higher off saving up cash to buy the merchandise you need. However I in contrast not solely the value distinction, but additionally that by DIYing, you find yourself with one thing that’s utterly custom-made to your private home — dimension, colours, and many others. — and fairly often wind up with one thing that’s utterly distinctive and one-of-a-kind. Plus, there’s the satisfaction of having the ability to take a look at that factor and say, “I made that with my very own palms!” For folks like me, that’s one of the satisfying emotions on this planet, however I understand it’s not essential for lots of different folks.

Anyway, you get the purpose. The publish has 630 feedback, and these kinds of feedback have been a really small proportion. I might say I bought not more than 10 feedback from individuals who stated there have been NO similarities between the 2 lights. However these feedback astound me, nonetheless.

I need to impress upon you that this has nothing to do with “imply feedback” or something like that. These feedback weren’t imply. They didn’t make me offended. That’s not the purpose of this publish. The entire level is that I’m really and genuinely fascinated by the truth that some folks can take a look at these two lights and see NO similarities in any respect. It’s like I need to research their brains. I need to spend per week shadowing them and see how they course of info from the world round them after which examine notes on the finish of the week to see how otherwise we each course of the identical info.

Actually, after I bought the primary remark about there being NO similarities in any respect, I simply wrote it off as coming from somebody who in all probability likes being a contrarian on-line. However then I bought one other. And one other. And one other. I assumed, “How is that even potential?“

As a result of I take a look at these two lights and I see nothing however similarities. They each make the most of a number of rings hung collectively on completely different ranges in descending order of diameter. They each create visible curiosity with one merchandise used lots of of occasions in repetition. Sure, there are variations. The Wayfair gentle solely has 4 rings, and mine has 13. The Wayfair gentle solely has one shade, and mine has 13. However the total idea is identical. A minimum of it’s to my mind and the way in which that my mind processes info.

I’m so curious to know when you can see that or not. Once you see these two lights side-by-side, does your mind let you know these are related lights which are primarily based on the same design idea? Or does your mind let you know that there are completely NO similarities in these two lights?

Once more, I ask for no different cause apart from sheer curiosity. I do know there’s no method to do a scientific ballot on my weblog, however I’m so interested by how the numbers are break up. Will it’s 50/50? Or 90/10? And when you see no similarities in any respect, how would you describe your self? Would you describe your self as a inventive? Not inventive? Do you take pleasure in doing inventive issues?

Perhaps I’m not even asking the best questions. I simply need to know extra. I need to know extra concerning the individuals who take a look at these and say, “Nope. Not related in any respect.” I need to research your brains. 🤣 I need to perceive how your mind processes info from the world round you.

Curiously, the sunshine that actually impressed my studio gentle was the one which hangs in our music room.

That was my most important inspiration. Once more, I take a look at these two lights and I see many similarities. Are they the identical? In fact not. That music room gentle has all the rings on the identical degree and makes use of strings to connect multiples of the identical merchandise (capiz shells, particularly) on one string to create the visible of various ranges, with the shorter strings across the outer ring, and steadily getting longer as they go in direction of the middle of the sunshine.

However that’s the primary gentle that impressed my design on the best. So how about these two? Do you see the similarities in these?

I’m guessing when you answered “No” to the primary comparability of the Wayfair gentle and my studio gentle, then this can be a “Heck no!”. However when you answered “Sure” to the primary comparability, is that this a “Sure” additionally? Or is that this one a “No”?

Anyway, I hope you’ll indulge me as I delve again into my psychology previous for one publish. I’m genuinely fascinated with this, and I’ve been occupied with it for days now. I’m fascinated with how completely different folks course of info and course of the world round them. I’ll get again to the closet tomorrow, as my plan is to spend right now engaged on the island. 🙂

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.