Thu 16 Jul 2009
Back in 1921, Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach smushed some ink on paper and began showing his inkblots to “examine the personality characteristics and emotional functioning” of his patients. He wanted his ten inkblots to be a secret, and they have been for decades. Recently, someone slipped them out of the doctor’s office and out to the curious world citizens. Oops! There is even a big controversy over whether Wikipedia should publish the now-public-domain images.
What do you see in these inkblots? (hint: shrinks are trying to make you think dirty thoughts…)
From left to right (descending):
1. a shirt of mail armor
2. two dancing chinese ladies
3. guy in a tux and bow tie
4. I don’t know
5. a bat
6. sword in the stone
7. two military guys (huns, I think)
8. iguanas crawling up lady in bikini
9. forest fire
10. 4th of July fireworks
1. 2 guns in holsters
2. Lights from a cop car
3. expired car registration
4. A guy being asked to show his license and registration
5. Man explaining that he’s on his way to register the car right now
6. Cop not listening to man
7. Man trying to explain to cop
8. Cop not listening to man
9. Guns coming out of holsters
10. Butterflies
wolf mask
two fat men playing patty-cake
two women stirring a pot
nothing
a bat
nothing
two Indians facing each other
a vase
two Chinese dragons
an oriental man in paris
1. Two kittens climbing a bell
2. Two men fighting hand-to-hand
3. Two buxom women holding purses
4. A worm’s-eye view of a giant
5. A moth
6. A lighthouse on a bluff
7. Two African ladies having a chatty conversation holding their chins
8. Two cats pulling on laundry pinned to a clothesline
9. Two seahorses meeting amongst a coral reef
10. A flamboyant tourist at the Eiffel Tower
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