Last week, the copyright protection on a set of 10 Rorschach blots became public domain. After some debate, Wikipedia decided to post the 10 images. The concern with disclosing the images to the public is that it allows people to pre-form responses to them. Now, if someone who has seen the images is shown them during a psychological evaluation, they will have preconceived notions about what is to be seen in them. I can appreciate Wikipedia’s concern about contributing to this problem, but I applaud them for deciding to display the pictures.
The inkblot tests were initially designed to provide insight into the subject’s method of perception as well as some intrinsic personality and psychological details. The reliability of the test has been contested and due to the nature of the test, it can be quite easy to induce bias in the subject through words, actions and surroundings before and during testing.
Just for fun, we passed around the inkblots and thought we’d post some responses below. Feel free to tell us how crazy you are in the comments, we’d love to see what you see, too.
Show Blot 1 and Answers ▼
1. Cant remember which game right now
2. an imp head with a long, pointy nose that hangs over a sneering smile
3. two chubacabra chihuahuas sucking on some gyro meat
Show Blot 2 and Answers ▼
1. Laughing face
2. Two people in black body suits and red masks and kneepads kneeling/squatting with their hands pressed to each others
3. bloody fetal pigs
Show Blot 3 and Answers ▼
1. Partial frog skeleton
2. Two tribal women playing a drum with small fires in the background
3. two winged bird people or a spider
Show Blot 4 and Answers ▼
1. chicken carcass
2. dragon with small, vestigial wings and large front legs running with its head close to the ground
3. wild boar rug
Show Blot 5 and Answers ▼
1. bat
2. butterfly flying upward
3. a bat
Show Blot 6 and Answers ▼
1. Decayed skin of a manta ray
2. a volcano with a palm tree growing out of the top of it
3.looks like those fancy liquor dispensers (the spinny ones)
Show Blot 7 and Answers ▼
1. 2 ants with no legs facing eachother
2. A brick wall that has a hole knocked out of it
3. two bunnies looking at each other with their paws out and butts touching
Show Blot 8 and Answers ▼
1. MRI of Chest cavity (Lungs)
2. a knight in multi-colored plate armor and open-faced helmet
3. two red chameleons…with flags on a mountain i guess…
Show Blot 9 and Answers ▼
1. Ant Head (Soldier)
2. Two dragon heads rising out of green mist in the foreground with a pink tower in the background between them
3.looks like two dragons
Show Blot 10 and Answers ▼
1. Random Innards?
2.Ok, this one is a whole lot of nothing. But best I can see are two small grey aliens at top being fanned by blue crab/squid like creatures while two pink mermaid-like things hold blue teapots.
3.looks like a bunch of bugs
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kamylienne on 20 Jul 2009 at 4:46 pm #
1. Some evil wizard dude that’s about to cast some bad-ass spell. His wings are out, too, so you know that means shit’s going down.
2. Pelvic bone.
3. 2 Tribal chicks holding pots. But it somehow reminds me of Prince’s “When Doves Cry” video. Dunno why. But now that song’s stuck in your head, isn’t it?
4. I see chicken, too. But, to go along with the 80’s music videos, it reminds me of the “Sledgehammer” video.
5. Your mom . . . uh, wait, I mean a bat.
6. A bottom view of Falcor. You can even see his testicles. “It’s a boy!”.
7. Like someone spilled ink on a piece of paper. Seriously, I don’t see shit.
8. 2 small mammals climbing up the side of something. Kind of like a logo for some crappy polo shirt or something.
9. Looks like the stupid uber-feminine flowery smoke stuff that they’d show on a TV commercial right before showing a bottle of perfume with some chick in the background saying the brand in some faux-seductive tone, like “Skanque” or something.
10. A kid’s drawing of the “Little Mermaid” scene where Sebastian the Crab sings “Under the Sea”. See, now that song’s in your head, too. Haha.
Kiraman Katibin on 20 Jul 2009 at 5:32 pm #
Probably would be good to List who’s answers are whose if your going to list them in the main post. Oh and its Myotismon’s Mask from Digimon Season Two. (1st picture)
Dan Chi Sao on 22 Jul 2009 at 7:27 am #
@KK
I asked our third contributor if I could post it anonymously, and they said yes. I’m not sure whether I can disclose their identity to the greater populous. If you’re alright with me disclosing which are ours, I’ll do so at the bottom. It’s more fun to see if they can match the answers with the writer.
Kiraman Katibin on 22 Jul 2009 at 11:43 am #
I don’t mind If my answers are known.