From: janice@mailinator.com   
      
   In article , laura@nospam.me says...   
      
   >I suspect it's because it's easier to "cut" from one version of something to   
   >another with a plausible transition (looking away and then back) than it   
   >would be to generate the special effects to make it happen right before your   
   >eyes :-)   
      
   I see it much the same way.   
      
   A related technique is to tell yourself that what you want to find will   
   be present around the corner or through a door.   
      
   ...   
      
   >I think, generally, it is uncommon for something in a dream or OBE to change   
   >while you're looking at it, but extremely common for just about anything to   
   >change if you look away briefly :-)   
      
   Generally, yes.  But there is one circumstance in which things do tend to   
   morph while you're looking at them, and that's when you're scrutinizing   
   them closely while wondering what they heck they are.  When given this   
   type of attention they may get increasingly bizarre.   
      
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   with them."   
   --George W. Bush   
      
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