"Yes, they can yield valuable insight in to a disturbed person's mind" [17 out of 24 votes (%70)]
That was from the first poll 'Do you feel that inkblots have any place in modern psychology?'
I should of left out the adjective 'disturbed.' I don't know why I threw 'modern' in there. I'm afraid I didn't learn too much from my poorly-constructed options. I was just eager to try the poll gadget out on the blog.
If you show a random person that you just met some inkblots, and they say some messed up stuff like, "blood, milk and murder," you can't exactly label them any one way, there is just not enough data. If, however, you have been having one-hour meetings once a day over several or more months with this individual, learning about their history, how they grew up, how they live from day to day, you STILL couldn't apply any sort of label to them based solely on their response to inkblots.
Point being: like Michael pointed out the other day, the blots are at best a tool on the workbench of psychology.
If you are viewing any of these blots and have this thought flash through your head, 'I should not be thinking THAT' then it is up to you to remove your tinfoil hat, stop rubbing feces on your face, and go get some fresh air.
Thanks to everyone that voted. I hope you continue to do so.
Don't forget you can click on the image to see it full size.
two snapping turtles trying to tongue kiss
ReplyDeletei see a gorilla
ReplyDeletemetal...gear?
ReplyDeleteI see a giant mechanical beast with its claws around an angel with an alien face.
ReplyDeleteGnarles Barkley music video ?
ReplyDeletegreat job dude, keep up the work
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ReplyDeletetiny panda bottom middle
At first I saw two chimps playing with each other. Then once I opened the image in a new window to see the full size I saw an owl coming at me with its mouth wide open ready to attack. The mouth being the white space in the middle, the eyes clearly above that.
ReplyDeleteI've noticed I almost always see animals.
I see a bird in the middle
ReplyDeleteI see a demon samurai with eyes. Huge shoulder pieces for protection. A gaze in his eyes that forfeits no emotion. A strong, silent beast.
ReplyDeleteI see two mermaids riding fish, holding a futuristic gun. But the symmetry confuses the FUCK out me, to be honest. Why are these two mermaids pointing futuristic guns at each other, and why do they look exactly the same?
ReplyDeleteTo me this looks like a guy, looks somewhat like how you´d describe a stereotypical ghost and he is shrieking in pure terror...
ReplyDeleteI see two White Mages dancing together.
ReplyDeleteI see a ghost trying to give me a hug in the center
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ReplyDeleteMETAL GEAR?!
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I see an alien in the center with a ghost hovering over it's head, and two slaves carrying boulders on both sides of the ghost and alien.
ReplyDeleteAn angry cow.
ReplyDeleteinkblots are pretty cool, i saw female genitalia
ReplyDeleteThis may be very literal, but I see a wizard unleashing an army of death and despair on me :]
ReplyDeleteI see two devils and a gorilla in the middle.
ReplyDeleteI see a pelvis.
ReplyDeleteAre you a psychiatrist?
ReplyDelete@ King of Crap - See profile. (The answer is 'no.')
ReplyDeleteI see a gorilla, or maybe an orangutang in the middle. And two demon type figures on the sides?
ReplyDeleteI see a bulls nose.
ReplyDeleteTwo aliens holding each other.
ReplyDeletea gorilla waving it's arms up and down
ReplyDeletegreat post you have over here !
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take care.
funky =D
ReplyDeletea diseased uterus
ReplyDeleteI see a pelvis too
ReplyDeletea crab with ANGRY FAISE
ReplyDeletewhenever i see an inkblot, all i see are pandas.
ReplyDeletea powerfull duck
ReplyDeleteAn ancient, calm being spreading his/her wings to embrace you into it's sterile mind... Haha
ReplyDeleteI see a Phoenix in the middle, a baclk grow with a white body and short wings. I also see an alien in the white space in the middle with a look as if it will smother you or perhaps it is just a welcoming gesture. At the bottom I see a bat with black fur for nipples, and I also see a robot with a half torso with massive shoulders, and big oval shaped fists. When I look at it on a whole perspective, I see a butterfly emitting smoke from its sides.
ReplyDelete*i meant to say black crow. Also, like this inkblot, I saw a lot more than I usually did.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see that you're beating inertia today :)
ReplyDeleteWell this is pretty straight forward, but I have't seen it posted. yet
ReplyDeleteI see two ET's reaching out and touching fingertips.
-JKane
epic.
ReplyDeleteI see a silverback gorilla, centered, but that's mostly due to the very-discernible-to-me eyes above the horizontal centerline.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for referencing me in another post. I feel so special when I come here. :)
I wasn't lying when I said that you have one of the most interesting blogs on my reading list - I look forward to stopping by every day, because of your refreshingly-different content. That and I absolutely love Rorschach blots, regardless of their internal/external validity problems.
Keep on posting them, and I'll keep on coming back.
Goku and vegeta shooting blasts at each other at close range. Period. And I didnt laugh about the Celtic music, haha, I listen to ska and other odd stuff.
ReplyDeleteI like your layout!
ReplyDeleteI see a big-ass spider. Fangs out, ready to strike.
ReplyDeletei see two people slouching staring intently at each other
ReplyDeletesome kind of mecha crow with a pig nose...
ReplyDeleteLooks like a buffalo meditating to me.
ReplyDeletelooks like a fat guy.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the Optimus Prime symbol from Transformers.
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