The DU Rorschach Test - what do you see

Whatever you see in it, I am probably seeing something totally different based on my life and experiences (what I have seen, read, lived, etc).

I won't tell you that your interpretation is jacked up, and respect that mine is based on my crazy ass.

But we can explain to each other why we see what we do. And in the end we might both learn something and a new perspective.

PS - I see a foreign landscape from a far off planet through the eyes of a 21st century artistic robot who drew it as he drifted in space with his brother hubble. The big blob near the top left is alien edward's house.

back in the 70's, but it looks like the place where I met that girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

now there would be a sucky job :)

My 1st thought was "i've had some acid and shroom trips that looked like that". :headbang:

where they're checking into the hotel and the paisley carpet is crawling up the wall. Too real!

:shrug:

:rofl:

stay for the flame-broiled invective!

Compared to what others are seeing, I feel deadly dull!

with her arms outstretched, shown from behind, with her head turned to her left.

is my saxophone guy, and her left arm is his saxophone.

followed by a woman, walking on top of an alien ocean that is traveled by cars that drive on water.

STOP turn it off! My head is splod'n

Because people like the Edwards didn't take it seriously enough, especially when they were in an economic and political position to lead. :hi:

dressed up in 1890's style clothes walking through the forest at sunset toward a short elephant with a very short trunk. There are several fireflies in the background and a small stream right behind her.

two thirds up on right edge is Janet's nipple peeking itself out.

I see the eye of an Invid in the center ... for those that were in to Robotech back in the day.

:)

or a Pablo Amaringo painting

... surrounded by lights and pyrotechnics, with the audience in front of him.

See... I was right! (See my post below)

:hi:

so you can only see half. But then there's a butterfly landing on a red mat and burning a hole in it because it's a radioactive butterfly giving off a blue uranium glow. Under the mat there's slugs and fishes and fires and fireflies all floating in a weird primordial lake.

Also, his head's on fire. I am violent, apparently. :crazy:

That's...umm...colorful. If I stare at it too long, my eyes go all wonky.

To me this looks like Bahamut (the penultimate "good" dragon, on the left), coming to take down either Tiamat (the penultimate "evil" dragon) or a very ancient and powerful red (evil, stupid and fire-breathing) dragon, on the right. There is a lake at the bottom and you can see various human and humanoid entities fighting on behalf of both dragons, scattered here and there. At the top is the cave of the evil dragon and it almost looks like you can see a pile of bones and skulls scattered about the entrance.

There isn't anything more profound in this picture than that to me, but pencil-and-paper role playing games usually go hand-in-hand with odd imaginations. :)

I aim to play again once I get all moved and settled in.

When I was in my heyday it was all about either the Basic and Expert boxed sets, which were the watered-down version of the game, or the Advanced D&D books with their myriad add-ons, modules and all. You know I used to have the original AD&D Monster Manual with the cartoony cover, in excellent condition, and gave it to somebody as I was preparing to move because I didn't have the room to take it with me? I hear that book is worth good money now. :(

cause they was of the devil.

And the school didn't do jack shit about it...happened at his home where we were having a campout with a group of kids, I was like 15 I think. He got mad that I had brought them. We went into his house for breakfast and I took them in to read. He said he would not have satan's books in his home, grabbed em, and took them out to the campfire and burned em. We were all shocked.

My dad went to the school and confronted them over the cost of the books and the incident - their reply was 'well we talked to him and he said your son broke the microwave so it works out even on the cost' - and no, we did not break the microwave. I put something in it, hit start, and it didn't start so he blamed me...

The 80's were really fucked up in some ways.

there's a Unicorn.

I see snakes, boobs, an esquimo or someone who looks like a Native American Chief.

with corel painter

winking up at me from under water in which oil paint is raining down to create ripples and floating color patterns. Other smaller faces are bobbing along, partly camouflaged by the paint slicks. Some other vague presences include a phallus, a dragonfly, wings, and a turtle's head.

and a smaller almost infantile skull on it's right shoulder... P.S. I have a bunch of tye-dyes like this one if anyone is interested...

by a robot monster (top-left), several pairs of silicon-enhanced boobs throughout, a bottle of wine, a centipede, and on the right a large psychedelic, fiery version of the Lion in the Dutch Coat of Arms!




DemEx

Jackson Pollock..."toned down" and "structured" is my first thought. After I looked closer it could seem a little SciFi or DNAish. But what you say...is what I first saw...:crazy:

are all together

goo goo

I think it's in the use of color. :shrug:

that thing reminds me of the very popular guy who paints the cute little Renoir-ish cottage/landscape garbage

I see snakes. Really colorful snakes

;-)

PRETTY! I WANT!!

P.S. It's a couple walking through the park in the summertime.

I see microscopic life under a great new 3D, full color microscope.

That doesn't seem terribly visionary.

... and decided discretion was the better part of valor. Indeed, I had little confidence that reason and objectivity would reign.

There's no question in my mind that "pornography is in the eye of the beholder." Likewise, so is 'offensive.'

if I was really a dick though I would edit it and change the image to a snickers bar.
:rofl:

Clearly, the time wasn't ripe. :rofl:

dreaming of butterflies, birds, a seahorse, a centipede, all watched over by a being showing one eye through a mask with a snake around it.

oh, and some blueberries.

And I would LOVE it if we could all calmly explain what we see and why we see it. Lovely exercise.

brown leaves on the ground, a fresh, mildly wet but sunny day.

You took a huge topic of debate, and turned it into its most simplistic logical form through use of creativity. I give you all sorts of kudos for this thread and will gladly recommend it.

As far as what I see: I see anger and fear trying to overtake logic and wisdom. Logic and wisdom are holding anger and fear off; but the battle is not yet over. (and if curious, Logic is the little wizard like character in the middle. I'll leave it to others to find the rest)

Is filled with all colors and sizes, and how one perceives it is oft times related to but a small speck on the painting of all life.

When we step back, we see we are all on the same canvas, and what must others be thinking when they see what our hands have wrought?

Off to the store. Getting low on mt dew and beer :)

:D

;-)

sw

but THAT was a work of jeenyus! :loveya:

after dropping acid

nt

with a BIG bird in the middle.

nt

It looked like someone trained a mouse to paint a mandelbrot set and then fed it moonshine, followed by a crack laced snickers bar :)

Oops! Oh dear. Maybe I'm on "ignore"... :rofl:

I just didn't remember the name "Mandelbrot", all I could think of was "fractals".

sw

Does that mean I'm nuts?

In the upper left is a large owl, to the (upper) right is the head of a bald eagle, in the center is a sea tortoise with peacock feathers.

Isn't it?

:)

There's Cuba Gooding Jr., too!

Just kidding...I think.;)

An Impressionistic one.

leading the procession...with fireworks and sparklers everywhere

pink and purple bleeding into the forefront, and red splattering (exploding?) on the orange ...

reality has that liberal slant, i suppose.
dp

:evilgrin:

and psychedelic tie-dyed cloth...

Totally unimaginative, aren't I?

paint.

I'm still in dreamland.Last night still hasn't worn off!

:rofl:

I see that too!

a tear in the fabric of space time & our world is flowing into a world with two moons.

Is it the White House budget projection for the year 2084?

I'm not sure I want a shrink to analyze that...

Not literally, but it has a Starry Night quality to me.

nt

a blue earth, an Indian, and a sun.

I see a human extending a hand to an alien in welcoming him. You can see the blue of the sky and the sun in the left corner. I think the alien is friendly because he/she has a smile, and I see a warm looking robe.

where the storm clouds should be.

or... the world exploding in nuclear holocaust. It can go either way

I see colors and lines and shapes.

The colors and patterns partially obscure the faces, but the reactions are unmistakable -- fear, surprise, sadness, curiosity, hate. Humans surviving in the midst of chaos.