Rorschach's Ink Blots

Last Thursday, after taking in the Pineapple, the student writers in Evanston learned all about Hermann Rorschach, the man who created the famous ink blot test. We looked at some of the original 12 ink blots and then made our own! I asked the writers to create pieces that reflected what they saw in the art, using their best descriptive language, while really letting their minds go. Boy oh boy, did they EVER! I hope to add pictures to these over the next couple of days, but for now, please enjoy their poems!

Splattered Ink
by Madeline D.

An evil clown, a diamond shimmering
in the moonlight.
A penguin waddling around with
a bow tie. An Italian waiter that’s frowning.
Fireworks shooting up towards the
stars. A bee flying to its hive.
Two big feet walking along the road.
A big bow tie with two buttons
below it. A mouse sniffing some
cheese. An angry man with humongous ears.
A huge, pink butterfly fluttering through the
air. A pink hand with blue dots up
the arm. Two pink clothes hangers.
Two children bouncing a ball back
and forth. A big, pink mitten. Two
black dogs begging for a treat.


Splat Ink
by Caelen B.

A man flexing his muscles
in the rain, shooting missiles in the
World War I, boom BOOM lightening,
a pair of sunglasses in the sun,
a crab with pincers
the size of buildings,
a mouse with a
pink nose with his
hands on his hips,
a storm of clouds
blue stars falling from
the night sky, blue
lipstick kisses,
a bat shooting
all over, a storm
of darts in war,
an ink in funny
shapes,
face of a warrior with
his stricken face wiping against
a towel, a blue towel with
purple and pink stripes.

A Splat of Art
by Zinnia S.

A moose’s head. A lost
tooth. Footsteps on a
white road. Rain drops on
a summer day. A
man standing over a mouse.
A bear’s tracks on a winter
afternoon. Eyes looking into
me. A planet with a thick
ring around it. A cloud of
smoke from a factory. Bugs
crawling under
ground. Thought bubbles floating
in space. A dog barking
at his owner. A rainbow
forming overhead. Someone
sprinting down a
lonesome road. Big trees hang
over the cliff. A blue
butterfly. A bull diving
at its opponent. Volcanoes
erupting in mid-air.
A figure holding up a balloon.
A hot summer day. A cup
of sun being dumped on
a land.


Crazy Painting
by Maple C.

Black and white x-ray of someone’s hip bones, face, arms. Clouds blocking a rainbow. Two fat people standing on a rock. The bow and stern of a ship. Earth covered in land, the heads of two sheep, a girl with two long braids. The handle bars of two bicycles, a hole in the middle of nowhere, a bug with blue antennae, a spider with a million eyes, a girl with a gigantic hat, and a boat, turned upside down. A bloat of paint on the wall, a sprinkler spurting water in all directions. A person drinking water from a bowl that is leaking, colored disco ball, bucket at the Skokie water park.


What I Seen in Abstract
by Cecilia G.

A crazy old little man.
The puddles made only by the rain.
A little figure standing under a light.

Some crazy looking lips
on a crazy looking person.
Some crazy paths that make
me go in circles that roam in the jungle.

Paint on the wall that was
was drawn by a little kid.
Crazy looking seeds that I
never saw before.
Rocks that were washed
up by the water.


Rorschach Ink Blot
by Ronni L.

A little girl goes
on her way, walking
to school. A bell, ringing
for school. An
exclamation point. A
surprised bunny face.
A fairy soaring through
the dark night sky.
Little ducklings far off
in a pond. Colorful
dots on a piece of
paper.


The Big Talking Potato
by Nicholas M.

A mouth with a smile.
A moon in the sky, a boat floating in the water.
Two heads in the sky.
A potato talking on a boat.
Three falling lobsters in a circus
and two big smelly brains.
A big, big spider and fish
with a head upside down.


The July and December Circus
by Tilda S.

Two people standing at the top of the tower.
Two people watching fireworks all around them.
Fireworks went so high that they landed right in between two people.
Two people with fancy hairstyles, wearing dresses.
A big head on top of a little body.
Fireworks exploding close to the people.
A snowman wearing a floppy Santa hat.
Two kids having a snowball fight.
A big snowball smashed in the middle.

Two people on horses juggling in the circus.
A bunch of really messy people because of the snow fight.
An odd little table in the middle.
A person that only has his legs and a suit, who lost his head and arms.
A big pair of eyeglasses.

Two upside down cupcakes.
Two women trying to balance snowballs on their heads.
Big fireworks everywhere.
Two people on a donkey riding a unicycle on a tightrope.