You’ll count them once and feel confident, then count again and doubt everything you saw. The horses seem obvious at first, standing clearly against the soft gradient background, yet something feels off the longer you stare. Every shape begins to blur into another, and suddenly the number you trusted slips away, but,
Just when you think you’ve cracked it, hidden forms emerge from the shadows and turn your answer completely wrong. Bev Doolittle’s masterpiece doesn’t just test your eyes. It challenges your certainty, making you question how many horses were ever there at all, therefore,
C: Almost everyone gets this WRONG the first time… and the real number w