Reflection

I already knew optical illusions were extremely cool because they were "all the rage" back in middle school. However I never knew how they worked. I didn't realize that our eyes don't really catch everything and that our brain fills in a lot of the gaps, and so these optical illusions exploit that. It really shows a relationship between the arts and the sciences. 

As for the Zöllner Illusion specifically, I had actually never heard of it or seen it before so everything I reported on is brand new to me. Perhaps the most interesting fact I read about was that the effect goes away when the smaller lines are red and green. Unfortunately, I couldn't seem to find a picture of this.

If I had to create a piece using this, it'd be what I described with the last picture.