Hundreds of students pass by the new Rorschach test painting, made by senior Kelly Goehring, every day. Hanging on the 90s building is an orange and blue… well… To find out exactly what the figures on the painting represent, we stood by the painting and asked the SDA community as they passed after fourth period. We were surprised by the range of figures that the students see, ranging from a number of butterflies, to existential crabs.

“Two people crouching.” – Sophomore Jaime Mauricio

“A moustache.” – Junior Jack Boyce

“Two frogs.” – Junior Gabby Catalano

“A butterfly.” – Freshman Riley Bowman

“I think it looks like a worm. Or I see a guy with a paddle. I kind of see a shrimp too.” – Junior Emily Jung

“A butterfly.” – Junior Kelley Coykendall

“I see that giant fat cat from ‘Alice in Wonderland.’” – Junior Fiona Riebeling

“Yesterday I saw a face. Today I see butterflies. Big improvement. And then I kind of see people dancing.” – Senior Hope Alba

“…I’d say a dragon.” – Junior Alana Sullivan

“I see a spider.” – Sophomore Sabrina Barry

“I see a reflection of two different pictures. Kind of like a butterfly – how they are the same on both sides.” – Freshman Tommy English

“A panda’s face.” – Freshman Connor Torro

“When I see that, I see serpents and hummingbirds and people.” – Junior Peri Anderson

“My friend said it looks like the guy from Pringles with a moustache. I see two bodies crunched up looking at the opposite sides.” – Sophomore Jami Mauricio

“People are poking out from somewhere. Four Different people from different places.” – Sophomore Ruben Diaz

“I see a Praying Mantis.” – Junior Laura Breidenthal

“I’m not sure… Turtles. Or a stegosaurus.” – AVID Tutor Sarah Connolly

“MRI of a brain. I just came from Psychology class.” – Senior Riley Gallaher

“[In English 10 Honors] I always do the inkblot thing with “The Stranger.” When I see it I think about existentialism. [When looking for a picture] I think I see a crab with its eyes staring straight at me. I think of “The Stranger” and Meursault [the protagonist of the book]. It’s a literary inkblot.” – English teacher Rob Ross

“I see a picture. Like a skull.” – Junior Christopher Fuentes

“It’s a spider.” – Junior Rhys Robertson

“I see a moustache. Oh, and Nike symbols, kinda.” – Junior Zachary Evans

“It’s kind of like a butterfly.” – Junior Marco Guerra

“It looks like a grunt from Halo.” – Senior George Iourov

“Looks like an upside down octopus.” – Junior Sean Whalen