I'm Amazed How The Brain Does It.

To paint a portrait is one thing. To create something in ones mind from the assemblage of mixed found Items is totally another. A portrait is the attempt to capture the existing personality of the sitter. It is often referred to as a technical and drafting skill. But if you assemble items together, you can often see a face with its own personality and character. Something other than technical portraiture must be going on. Seeing recognizable objects or patterns in otherwise random or unrelated objects or patterns is called pareidolia.