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Can looking at something change what you see?
I wanted to put Canva Craft to test with an idea I've been sitting with lately: the Observer Effect.
It's a concept that got me thinking about the relationship between observation and reality, and how our understanding of what we see can get a little philosophical (and existential) very quickly:)
I gave Craft two different directions to interpret the same idea.
A: The Cosmic Observer takes a human perspective against the scale of the universe.
B: The Universe Looking Back turns the gaze itself into the subject, blurring the line between the observer and the observed.
I wanted to see how Craft would translate something this abstract into a poster and how differently it would approach the brief.
Which direction would you choose, A or B?
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This is so cool!
Looks good!
So deep Chhavi! "Can looking at something change what you see?" - love this take on Observer Effect. The eye with cosmos inside is such a powerful visual for Canva Craft challenge. "Does consciousness measure the cosmos or does the cosmos measure us" - brilliant concept!
B for me. the eye with a planet for a pupil on that cream paper gets the idea across at a glance, A is moodier but i needed the title to get it
Option B is good
Looks Sharp.
Turning a physics idea into something you can see is a fun brief, and it's impressive in Canva. I'd vote for the version where the change is subtler, because it makes you look twice, which is kind of the whole point of the Observer Effect.
based on the text, A suits it better than B
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