Per usual, TikTok is at it again with a new trend. And while it might not be as hot as the ring light challenge, it’s just as fun. In the TikToks, which many are included below, we see a classic piece of art. The only difference is that the eyes are cut out. That gives the TikToker of choice an opportunity to place themselves in the shoes of the subjects of classic art.
You wouldn’t think that the eyes could be as expressive, or that we could understand whole moods, but these eyes do. They make you feel like you’ve done something shady because they’re side-eyeing you or like the person in the classic art wants to jump your bones. It also transforms classic art into something new by making our brains reinterpret what the artist has painted.