The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-22
LIVING PICTURES i. s.
COlored Images that Appear <. NJ,
Down After. an Fl,v.sxs. 2, e@s @4SAMl

COAOESu A"ss ~ tnas appear ON Isvlw.
Down After an Exciting Day' ~
There are many who viii nor
lily understand what is meant NJ saa'
lures in the eve, unless 1t be ira M WV
nation, or minds eye," of Hs s,.ss'
for the power Of seeing them i w
conferred on all alike. Even th a,Ss
who have seen them from tins s'-s.s
time, and probably given them ,.. y
heed, may not feel altogefher 49,, Nv.
about the matter without 4 wo,s 80 =
: explanation. = z
Lying in bed, afteps a. tiri1c !. s..
citing day, with your eyes closed 80 NJ.
about to fall asleep, have Won 49, ~
seen, apparently in the eyebaIl 49,.
and streaks Of colored light, chanss,'a
their forms and ahifting their nlassss
Have you never watched them ~.
ing into complicated patterns M i,,.
those Of the kaleidoscope, or intn III, &c.
ty landscapes quite unknown "a "a.
or into strange faces, now and ass,s
very beautiful or angelic, but oeten = I
ugly and hideous as goblins frop,f j.
Internal regions, or, haply, into &c.,
of action reminding you Of NJ
drama, but such as you never saw &
real life or upon any stage? Thasa
pictures are more alive than the g,.
ing pictures" Of the music nan.
They have the hues Of life or art anS
rival the quick change artist in tbo,s i
Frotean transformations. The era
matograph that can initiate ths,s
ceaseless evolution, without hitch !.
tremor, will be a novelty and maLs
the fortune of its inventor.
What are they7 1t is one Of n.
mysteries Of that marvellous. nsv
miraculous, organ, the brain. va
must distinguish them from osbo.
mysteries Of the ''borderland" which
lies between the adjoining stats !,
wldeawake and sound asleep.
They are not the images of revarl.
or day dream. Whether we recalI
the past in our waking hours, or Il.
vent new incidents like novelist ~
can govern them to some extent. and
are quite aware of their fanciful 3,
mental character. They are NOT an
Authorization, in the proper sense or
the term. We feel they are sub.
jective. or within us; we suunoao
them in the eye itself, whereas YEA
believe an hallucination ia objective,
or without us. An apparition or spec,
ter that we take for a reality IL an
hallucination. The ghost of Hamlets
father, witnessed by several persons.
and the spook of his distant brother.
seen by Lord Broughani. were prcb.
ably Authorizations of "teIepafhio"
order. The picture of MIllais, where n
a man starts up and sees a luminous
lady at the foot Of his bed, is a case
of hallucination. The dream image"
Of the undergraduate, who dreamed
that he was chased by a green figure,
and awaking, saw it in his room, was
also an hallucination. ..q e.
Pictures In the eye are more akin
to what are called after images" A
gentleman "a doctor, If we are not
mistakenly, after fatiguing day, was
cheered by the sight of q beefgteak
for his dinner, as he very well might,
but seemingly tho steak made q deep
impression on his mind or his dlgeS.
ton, for while he was browsing, with
his eyes closed, after eating II, he saw "A
1t again as wildly as before, and on u
dropping asleep he saw it third time
In his dream. It was doubtless q Sub.
stantial steak, not ghost, and yetk g
him. s is
There Is, of course, more than one
theory Of these living pictures In tbs
eye, or, as they are called In science,
"hypnogoglc images" One Is that
they are formed on the retina Of tho
eye and confined to 1t. Another 10
that they are purely mental and
formed In the cortex, or bark. 80 70 4
speak, Of the cerebrum. AS oftsn 4
happens, the truth appears to lie In
Of both views. Recent OBJ
servations Of n. Yves Delage have
put the question to experimental
proof. When we look at q bright
body, for example, the sun, and shut
Dur eyes, we see a colored spot Of /
light, and If we move the eye up q
down, to right or left, the spot moves
with It. The spot, in fact, is left BY
The image of the sun upon the retina,
and therefore moves with 1t. Now. II
The hypnogogic images are on the
retina, they also will move with the
eye, and this is what M. Delage 1as
found. Nevertheless, the brain also
comes into play In forming them.