Looming Looming Looming is a term found in the study of perception, as it relates directly to psychology. Looming refers to the rapid expansion in the size of any given image. As the image becomes increasingly large on the perceiver's retina, i.e., when an object "looms", there is an automatic physiological response to perceive the object as an approaching object or surface, instead of one that is stationary or receding. Evidence indicates that looming perception is not limited to the visual modality, but can occur due to auditory or even tactile stimuli. There is a different type of mirage that is
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance during his lunch break and then go to bed around 6 in the evening. Pirsig joked that his co-workers noticed that he was "a lot less perky" than everyone else. In "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", Pirsig explores the meaning and concept of "quality"; a term he conceives as undefinable. Quality is a phenomenon that exists between the subject and the object. The perception of a painting, for example, requires both an observer and an object. His thesis is that to truly experience quality one must both embrace and apply it as best fits the requirements of the