when i was staying in asuncion i met a canadian dude who used to work as a psychologist. one morning at breakfast he explained that there was an analytical test that involved drawing and interpreting pictures - and asked if i wanted to participate. it sounded intriguing, so i agreed, and he asked me draw five pictures. these were of a house, a tree, a person, me and my family and me sitting in the rain. for the final picture i drew myself with a blank expression, sitting crosslegged with my hands wrapped around my legs as the rain came down. i didn't give a lot of thought to what i was drawing, which was kind of the point, but the fact that i was curled up tight and didn't draw an umbrella to protect me held particular significance. fast forward a month and i saw this spider monkey in almost the exact same pose. all that was missing was the ipod what i had drawn myself listening to... i think i would have been too freaked out if i had seen that as well.

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when i was staying in asuncion i met a canadian dude who used to work as a psychologist. one morning at breakfast he explained that there was an analytical test that involved drawing and interpreting pictures - and asked if i wanted to participate. it sounded intriguing, so i agreed, and he asked me draw five pictures. these were of a house, a tree, a person, me and my family and me sitting in the rain. for the final picture i drew myself with a blank expression, sitting crosslegged with my hands wrapped around my legs as the rain came down. i didn't give a lot of thought to what i was drawing, which was kind of the point, but the fact that i was curled up tight and didn't draw an umbrella to protect me held particular significance. fast forward a month and i saw this spider monkey in almost the exact same pose. all that was missing was the ipod what i had drawn myself listening to... i think i would have been too freaked out if i had seen that as well.

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