Optical Illusions

verb to twist or change something out of its usual, natural, or original shape or condition

• The artist used a special technique to distort the image in his painting.
• Don't distort the facts just to win an argument.
• Stop trying to twist the truth and distort what really happened.
• Her anger seemed to distort her perception of reality.

noun a neurological condition characterized by seeing static or snow-like visual disturbances

adjective describing the type of visual disturbance experienced

• Visual snow is a rare neurological condition characterized by the perception of flickering static or snow-like visual disturbances.
• I've been experiencing visual snow lately, it's like seeing tiny dots everywhere.
• Visual snow is when your vision looks all glitchy, like a broken TV screen.
• His mind was clouded with visual snow, making it hard for him to focus on anything else.