I received this cunning little sketch last week, and it has been sitting on my bedside table while I decide its fate. To scrapbook, or not to scrapbook? To consign to the bottom of the dustbin, or to frame and display in the front hallway? To deconstruct as artifact of postmodern motherhood, or to roll eyes at and discard?
A fistful of Smarties to anyone who can tell me what it is, or at least make some outrageously funny suggestion so that I can appropriate the narrative of this sketch and reframe it into something that won’t keep me awake at night. Which, yes, is a hint.
(It’s two sketches, actually. The scribble below the fold is a separate image, scrawled with a flourish to underscore a point about the main image, above the fold.)
Her Bad Mother 
July 28, 2008 at 6:54 pm |
It’s OBVIOUSLY a minimalist profile of a very sad donkey (head only). With a gorgeous signature flair. Duh.
July 28, 2008 at 6:54 pm |
It’s OBVIOUSLY a minimalist profile of a very sad donkey (head only). With a gorgeous signature flair. Duh.
July 28, 2008 at 6:54 pm |
It’s half a bunny rabbit. The other half is obscured in view.
July 28, 2008 at 6:54 pm |
It’s half a bunny rabbit. The other half is obscured in view.
July 28, 2008 at 6:57 pm |
Now that is clearly a sketch of Rudolph stepping out of the fog on Christmas Eve. The other reindeer and the sleigh are still lost from view. For now.
July 28, 2008 at 6:57 pm |
Now that is clearly a sketch of Rudolph stepping out of the fog on Christmas Eve. The other reindeer and the sleigh are still lost from view. For now.
July 28, 2008 at 7:02 pm |
Before you said it was two sketches, I saw the figure of a woman, the bottom scribble clearly her bush. heh
July 28, 2008 at 7:05 pm |
It’s the side view of a charm bracelet!
July 28, 2008 at 7:05 pm |
I have a similar sketch in a scrapbook with this caption:
“My son is going to be a genius. I have no idea what this sketch is supposed to be, which means he is already smarter than his mother.”
It’s a big favorite around here.
July 28, 2008 at 7:05 pm |
I have a similar sketch in a scrapbook with this caption:
“My son is going to be a genius. I have no idea what this sketch is supposed to be, which means he is already smarter than his mother.”
It’s a big favorite around here.
July 28, 2008 at 7:11 pm |
That is so an episiotomy.
July 28, 2008 at 7:11 pm |
That is so an episiotomy.
July 28, 2008 at 7:12 pm |
Oh dear, I’m afraid my OB drew me a similar sketch. So very hurty!
July 28, 2008 at 7:12 pm |
Oh dear, I’m afraid my OB drew me a similar sketch. So very hurty!
July 28, 2008 at 7:13 pm |
I believe the technical name is “modern art.”
I’m pretty sure MOMA would frame it and hang it proudly.
July 28, 2008 at 7:13 pm |
I believe the technical name is “modern art.”
I’m pretty sure MOMA would frame it and hang it proudly.
July 28, 2008 at 7:14 pm |
It’s clearly a lament on the current state of your nether regions and your posterior.
It’s a post-modern reflection of the horrors of child birth and the sacrifices we women make for our family, our children.
That or it’s portrait of what your husband looks like first thing in the morning.
July 28, 2008 at 7:14 pm |
It’s clearly a lament on the current state of your nether regions and your posterior.
It’s a post-modern reflection of the horrors of child birth and the sacrifices we women make for our family, our children.
That or it’s portrait of what your husband looks like first thing in the morning.
July 28, 2008 at 7:14 pm |
WAIT! Is that… Frankenvulva?
July 28, 2008 at 7:14 pm |
WAIT! Is that… Frankenvulva?
July 28, 2008 at 7:16 pm |
upside down “cake”
July 28, 2008 at 7:16 pm |
upside down “cake”
July 28, 2008 at 7:16 pm |
A recreation of one of Angelina Jolie’s tattoos?
July 28, 2008 at 7:16 pm |
A recreation of one of Angelina Jolie’s tattoos?
July 28, 2008 at 7:17 pm |
Kittenpie, love, friend – I so WISH that were an episiotomy
July 28, 2008 at 7:20 pm |
Upside down spider with a quarter falling out of his pocket? Do spider’s even have pockets? I was never good an interpreting art.
July 28, 2008 at 7:20 pm |
It’s obviously a parachuter, coming down to land on a bouey. Boey. Bouy. Whatever. the orange floaty things in the ocean. You’ve got an airplane jumper on your hands.
July 28, 2008 at 7:23 pm |
I was thinking vulva, but only because the word makes me laugh.
Hi. I’m 14.
July 28, 2008 at 7:24 pm |
haha i’m glad i’m not the only one who thought it looked like a woman’s nether regions.
July 28, 2008 at 7:28 pm |
Since I’ve been beaten to gate going …THERE…I will say it is a mouth and tongue spitting out a pea. A commentary on your cooking perhaps? That’s what happens everytime I cook, at least…
July 28, 2008 at 7:30 pm |
I don’t even know how to be creative after reading the comments, I’m lauging too hard.
G Rated – The spoon that the dish ran away with. The bottom is the cow jumping over the moon.
X Rated – Oh dear, the girl got a mirror and drew a self portrait. I’m not even that brave.
July 28, 2008 at 7:33 pm |
In our house, it’s called a china.
July 28, 2008 at 7:38 pm |
It’s either you have a headache or your hub’s pee pee poking you on the head?
July 28, 2008 at 7:38 pm |
It’s either you have a headache or your hub’s pee pee poking you on the head?
July 28, 2008 at 7:39 pm |
It’s a hep cat with a soul patch.
Anyone can see that.
July 28, 2008 at 7:39 pm |
It’s a hep cat with a soul patch.
Anyone can see that.
July 28, 2008 at 7:41 pm |
i vote sad, half-invisible minimalist bunny.
July 28, 2008 at 7:41 pm |
i vote sad, half-invisible minimalist bunny.
July 28, 2008 at 7:42 pm |
Text and IM language of the future?
July 28, 2008 at 7:42 pm |
Text and IM language of the future?
July 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm |
Woman with adam’s apple, runaway nipple and appendectomy scar.
Pre “surgery”
I am an artist AND a med student!!
July 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm |
Woman with adam’s apple, runaway nipple and appendectomy scar.
Pre “surgery”
I am an artist AND a med student!!
July 28, 2008 at 8:06 pm |
Well, clearly, the top picture is a depiction of Sperm, Egg, and Baby.
I have no idea why M is being scratched out of the bottom picture.
Keep clutter down by filing the digital picutre of this masterpeiece with the date. Or heck, just archive your blog.
July 28, 2008 at 8:06 pm |
Well, clearly, the top picture is a depiction of Sperm, Egg, and Baby.
I have no idea why M is being scratched out of the bottom picture.
Keep clutter down by filing the digital picutre of this masterpeiece with the date. Or heck, just archive your blog.
July 28, 2008 at 8:12 pm |
I am laughing too hard to come up with something coherent.
My guess? A boob hanging down from the sky.
No idea about the landing pad at the bottom.
July 28, 2008 at 8:12 pm |
I am laughing too hard to come up with something coherent.
My guess? A boob hanging down from the sky.
No idea about the landing pad at the bottom.
July 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm |
I have NO IDEA what that is, but something tells me that if I find out I will FINALLY understand where babies come from!
July 28, 2008 at 8:29 pm |
I have NO IDEA what that is, but something tells me that if I find out I will FINALLY understand where babies come from!
July 28, 2008 at 8:32 pm |
Oh wait. … I just realized it looks suspiciously like the one-antlered deer in Open Season played by ashton kutcher.
Looks JUST like him, too.
July 28, 2008 at 8:35 pm |
This is a sad one-eyed man with a papaya on his head.
The artist’s note reads, “Behold the one-eyed man with the papaya on his head. He is sad. He wanted to eat that papaya.”
July 28, 2008 at 8:37 pm |
Okay, I think I have it…
The top one has to be of an old lady trying to relive the 80’s bang style, which no one got to begin with, so that’s why she’s a bit confused/sad.
The other one is a bit tougher…
It’s either a downhill skiier heading down the slopes or Prince’s new indentity for 2009.
July 28, 2008 at 8:38 pm |
WTF with y’all seeing REINDEER? and BUNNIES? Am laughing my ass off BUT SERIOUSLY. The Jungian therapy on this one is gonna be BIZARRE.
July 28, 2008 at 8:49 pm |
That’s The Wind In Your Vagina.
July 28, 2008 at 8:54 pm |
*falls to floor, gasping for breath, omf THE LAUGHING*
July 28, 2008 at 9:19 pm |
It looks like someone who needs their bangs trimmed, has a prominent nose with a mole beside it and they are sad because of one, two or all of those things. That bit on the bottom is them trying to remember the name of their hairstylist – they are fairly certain it doesn’t begin with an M.
That’s what I came up with after I got my mind out the gutter
July 28, 2008 at 9:25 pm |
I have no clue, but am enjoying the comments!!
July 28, 2008 at 9:25 pm |
I have no clue, but am enjoying the comments!!
July 28, 2008 at 9:27 pm |
Why is it that doctor’s can’t write clearly, but they can draw something like that just fine. Ouch.
July 28, 2008 at 9:27 pm |
Why is it that doctor’s can’t write clearly, but they can draw something like that just fine. Ouch.
July 28, 2008 at 9:57 pm |
Yeah, that’s your goodies.
And yeah, sorry about that.
July 28, 2008 at 9:57 pm |
Yeah, that’s your goodies.
And yeah, sorry about that.
July 28, 2008 at 10:00 pm |
It’s a sad little one-eyed girl wearing Sarah Jessica Parker’s hat from the Sex and the City movie premier. The doodle below is her dress.
July 28, 2008 at 10:03 pm |
Umm. Yes, that is the frankenvulva.
July 28, 2008 at 10:21 pm |
Yeah, I can’t compete with the comment from Black Hockey Jesus.
It looks to me like your lady parts, with extra emphasis of the area that didn’t survive the trauma of birth well.
July 28, 2008 at 10:43 pm |
I think it’s a little one-eyed man (not *that* one) who is crying because his tongue and his magnifying glass are plastered to his forehead.
Duh.
July 28, 2008 at 11:42 pm |
There’s gonna have to be a special prize for ‘SJP’s hat’, I think.
July 28, 2008 at 11:42 pm |
There’s gonna have to be a special prize for ‘SJP’s hat’, I think.
July 28, 2008 at 11:47 pm |
I did not read the comments yet so maybe someone said this…
But I think it is your breast and nipple and it is dripping milk…that is when I did not know it is two pictures….
Am not sure is it because of all the post about your breast being in pain and all…or really I am in that state!
July 28, 2008 at 11:47 pm |
I did not read the comments yet so maybe someone said this…
But I think it is your breast and nipple and it is dripping milk…that is when I did not know it is two pictures….
Am not sure is it because of all the post about your breast being in pain and all…or really I am in that state!
July 29, 2008 at 12:09 am |
I am afraid that I would not be saving the drawing as it is a little too Georgio O’Keefe-ish for me. I DONT LIKE HER ‘FLOWER’ ART. And I am no prude, it just really gets me for some reason…
July 29, 2008 at 12:09 am |
I am afraid that I would not be saving the drawing as it is a little too Georgio O’Keefe-ish for me. I DONT LIKE HER ‘FLOWER’ ART. And I am no prude, it just really gets me for some reason…
July 29, 2008 at 12:32 am |
Oh wow. If that’s Frankenvulva then I am so sorry. And if that bottom sketch is how you tore and were stitched up, then I am even sorrier still. Ouch.
July 29, 2008 at 12:32 am |
Oh wow. If that’s Frankenvulva then I am so sorry. And if that bottom sketch is how you tore and were stitched up, then I am even sorrier still. Ouch.
July 29, 2008 at 1:10 am |
I think it’s upside down. If you turn it around it’s clearly a vagina, a belly button, and the underneath of one boob.
And the doodle is a wavy line indicating anger. Or that it’s hot.
July 29, 2008 at 1:53 am |
I too see a half invisible sad bunny.
July 29, 2008 at 2:13 am |
“self portrait in repose, balanced on a whirlwind”
or something
July 29, 2008 at 2:13 am |
“self portrait in repose, balanced on a whirlwind”
or something
July 29, 2008 at 2:39 am |
No farking clue, I guess this means I get my own skittles, huh??
I’m going to guess with chicky tho and say it’s the Frankenvulva!
July 29, 2008 at 2:41 am |
It is the sound of one beef curtain clapping.
July 29, 2008 at 2:41 am |
See, when *I* look at it, I see a lovely spider with an egg sac. That would keep normal folks awake at night. That would get me running for my macro lens to take pictures of all its eyes. And maybe the babies too. Because I’m a sicko.
July 29, 2008 at 2:44 am |
Or it’s totally a vajay jay.
July 29, 2008 at 2:55 am |
Um, Bec? I AM PISSING ALL OVER MYSELF LAUGHING.
July 29, 2008 at 2:57 am |
Also?
It is the eye of GOD watching all these comments and taking notes.
“And that’s one for YOU…and YOU…and oh yes…YOUUUUU”
July 29, 2008 at 3:00 am |
It is the tear wept by Nothing at the origin of the World.
July 29, 2008 at 3:02 am |
That’s the look I had in the shower the other day when a pregnant mama spider was spotted post-soap, pre-rinse and I knew I couldn’t get away. She looked as though she was doing the I HAZ A MILLION BABIES AND I”M GOING TO SPRAY THEM ALL OVER YOUR NAKED BODY dance.
I was fucking terrified.
July 29, 2008 at 3:05 am |
Number 69, 2008.
July 29, 2008 at 3:05 am |
Number 69, 2008.
July 29, 2008 at 3:09 am |
The Sphincter Mourns As Shadow Embraces Light.
July 29, 2008 at 3:16 am |
I can’t top any of these comments. All I can say is ouch and this might be the reason you are pissing all over yourself when laughing. Obviously this person did not know it’s pearl one, knit two.
July 29, 2008 at 3:21 am |
I would like to point out that if that was my naked likeness in the shower – my tits do not point sideways like that. Nor do I have 4 teats.
July 29, 2008 at 3:25 am |
The Inverted Nipple Remembers High School.
July 29, 2008 at 3:27 am |
There Are No Flowers Or Perfume Where You’re Going Motherfucker.
July 29, 2008 at 3:27 am |
There Are No Flowers Or Perfume Where You’re Going Motherfucker.
July 29, 2008 at 3:30 am |
Glory Hole with Chewing Gum (Triple J Truck Stop- Yuma, AZ, 2003)
July 29, 2008 at 3:30 am |
Glory Hole with Chewing Gum (Triple J Truck Stop- Yuma, AZ, 2003)
July 29, 2008 at 3:37 am |
Reindeer Cornholio in Ink
July 29, 2008 at 3:37 am |
Reindeer Cornholio in Ink
July 29, 2008 at 3:40 am |
This is completely hilariously out of control. I can’t stop coming back to see what is new.
July 29, 2008 at 3:40 am |
This is completely hilariously out of control. I can’t stop coming back to see what is new.
July 29, 2008 at 3:50 am |
Bob Saget Attacks Unsuspecting Gazelle
July 29, 2008 at 3:50 am |
Bob Saget Attacks Unsuspecting Gazelle
July 29, 2008 at 3:51 am |
Bwahahahahahaa.
~snort~
Srsly, lady bits?
((mails case of wine to HBM))
July 29, 2008 at 3:58 am |
All Pale Against the O Face
July 29, 2008 at 3:58 am |
Karen – there’s an Aristocrats joke in there somewhere.
July 29, 2008 at 3:58 am |
Karen – there’s an Aristocrats joke in there somewhere.
July 29, 2008 at 4:56 am |
Frankenvulva, of course.
July 29, 2008 at 4:56 am |
Frankenvulva, of course.
July 29, 2008 at 6:31 am |
Someone tore you a new asshole?
July 29, 2008 at 6:31 am |
Someone tore you a new asshole?
July 29, 2008 at 8:23 am |
Yes, it has to be Frankenvulva.
But really it has to be the view from the clouds of a teeny weeny person who let go of their balloon, and then off to the side you see a close up of their sad little smile.
In case you’ve not thought this already – I suspect this drawing is not great bedtime reading…
July 29, 2008 at 8:23 am |
Yes, it has to be Frankenvulva.
But really it has to be the view from the clouds of a teeny weeny person who let go of their balloon, and then off to the side you see a close up of their sad little smile.
In case you’ve not thought this already – I suspect this drawing is not great bedtime reading…
July 29, 2008 at 12:01 pm |
The comments have distracted me so much that my OWN witty comment has escaped me. I SWEAR.
July 29, 2008 at 12:55 pm |
Little birdie flying high
Dropped a message from the sky
My, said the farmer, wiping his eye
Isn’t it lucky that cows don’t fly?
July 29, 2008 at 1:51 pm |
It’s the reason I want to email you a home reconstructive surgery kit. And drugs. xoxoxo
July 29, 2008 at 2:16 pm |
Erika – good drugs, I hope.
July 29, 2008 at 2:41 pm |
its a half bunny a sad one because umm it wee wee’d on the bottom of the page? oui? no?
July 29, 2008 at 2:41 pm |
its a half bunny a sad one because umm it wee wee’d on the bottom of the page? oui? no?
July 29, 2008 at 2:55 pm |
oh its a ring and the jewel broke of a tiny bit and smashed on the floor.how silly was i thinking it was a mutant bunny!hahaha!
July 29, 2008 at 2:55 pm |
oh its a ring and the jewel broke of a tiny bit and smashed on the floor.how silly was i thinking it was a mutant bunny!hahaha!
July 29, 2008 at 3:00 pm |
I agree entirely that it’s lady bits.
Because you’ve got the labia represented by the two sets of curving lines, and the darker, roundish part right below it is the vagina, ‘cuz that’s how a young artist would draw a hole that goes in…
Then maybe a belly button? ‘Cuz that’s sort of in the general area, too?
And beneath the fold is the hairy-grown-up version.
But I could totally see it being Rudolph with his nose falling off if it were around Christmas… with the scribble being the foggy night at the bottom.
My daughter drew a picture of herself eating cherries, complete with one in her stomach. I was glad to have her explain it to me because there was so much wealth in the details!
Maybe you can save it and sell it to pay for the therapy. 🙂
July 29, 2008 at 3:00 pm |
I agree entirely that it’s lady bits.
Because you’ve got the labia represented by the two sets of curving lines, and the darker, roundish part right below it is the vagina, ‘cuz that’s how a young artist would draw a hole that goes in…
Then maybe a belly button? ‘Cuz that’s sort of in the general area, too?
And beneath the fold is the hairy-grown-up version.
But I could totally see it being Rudolph with his nose falling off if it were around Christmas… with the scribble being the foggy night at the bottom.
My daughter drew a picture of herself eating cherries, complete with one in her stomach. I was glad to have her explain it to me because there was so much wealth in the details!
Maybe you can save it and sell it to pay for the therapy. 🙂
July 29, 2008 at 3:26 pm |
A sad vagina. I see the labia, clitoris, and pubic hair. And a frown. This vagina is very, very sad.
July 29, 2008 at 3:26 pm |
A sad vagina. I see the labia, clitoris, and pubic hair. And a frown. This vagina is very, very sad.
July 29, 2008 at 3:37 pm |
Still LMAO at “That’s The Wind In Your Vagina.”
July 29, 2008 at 3:37 pm |
Still LMAO at “That’s The Wind In Your Vagina.”
July 29, 2008 at 5:08 pm |
Bungee jumping Daddy Long Legs
July 29, 2008 at 5:08 pm |
Bungee jumping Daddy Long Legs
July 29, 2008 at 5:26 pm |
I’m gonna have to totally second the episiotomy comment!
That is totally what it is!
July 29, 2008 at 5:26 pm |
I’m gonna have to totally second the episiotomy comment!
That is totally what it is!
July 29, 2008 at 5:27 pm |
Nipple portrait!
July 29, 2008 at 5:27 pm |
Nipple portrait!
July 29, 2008 at 5:30 pm |
It’s obviously a one eyed reindeer. 🙂
July 29, 2008 at 5:30 pm |
It’s obviously a one eyed reindeer. 🙂
July 29, 2008 at 6:15 pm |
Are there fuzzies around that lower dark spot? I am feeling very sorry for your vajayjay right now.
Its a map to the lost city of Atlantis?
July 29, 2008 at 6:15 pm |
Are there fuzzies around that lower dark spot? I am feeling very sorry for your vajayjay right now.
Its a map to the lost city of Atlantis?
July 29, 2008 at 6:39 pm |
Vagina……
…
..
.
Anus.
Normally separated by a plateau of nothingness except in this drawing there is clearly a large HOLE the size/shape of a baby head.
Can I get you some ice? Tucks? Hard liquor?
July 29, 2008 at 6:39 pm |
Vagina……
…
..
.
Anus.
Normally separated by a plateau of nothingness except in this drawing there is clearly a large HOLE the size/shape of a baby head.
Can I get you some ice? Tucks? Hard liquor?
July 29, 2008 at 9:51 pm |
Yes, obviously it is a hoo ha with a sad face under it. Which is exactly how I feel about mine these days.
July 29, 2008 at 9:51 pm |
Yes, obviously it is a hoo ha with a sad face under it. Which is exactly how I feel about mine these days.
July 29, 2008 at 11:05 pm |
It’s a sad face with crazy hair. The picture underneath is a mess-up. A do-over. You can see the shirt behind the scribble.
July 29, 2008 at 11:05 pm |
It’s a sad face with crazy hair. The picture underneath is a mess-up. A do-over. You can see the shirt behind the scribble.
July 29, 2008 at 11:06 pm |
to me it says “Loach Pain.” Loach, (not) meaning that smooth spot between the vajayjay and the rectum, was coined during a Balderdash round 15 years ago. It’s really some kind of fish… which could also be a good title for this piece.
July 29, 2008 at 11:06 pm |
to me it says “Loach Pain.” Loach, (not) meaning that smooth spot between the vajayjay and the rectum, was coined during a Balderdash round 15 years ago. It’s really some kind of fish… which could also be a good title for this piece.
July 30, 2008 at 12:53 am |
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING
July 30, 2008 at 12:53 am |
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING
July 30, 2008 at 1:20 am |
I’m thinking an episitomy, too?? gee, don’t they feel good!
July 30, 2008 at 1:20 am |
I’m thinking an episitomy, too?? gee, don’t they feel good!
July 30, 2008 at 1:56 am |
The larger picture is clearly a hand mirror view of a vagina.
The bottom is a rabbit. Maybe baby has heard momma talking about her favorite “toys” and was confused.
July 30, 2008 at 3:09 am |
I’m gonna go with:
A cyclops with a black eye and a bad combover. And a tiny little patch of chest hair.
July 30, 2008 at 3:21 am |
Oh, hey, wow – Anonymous scrolled all the way down through 90-plus comments to type out that he was bored. Someone, clearly, needs to get a life.
July 30, 2008 at 3:22 am |
And, ha! Shonda – you’ve explained the bunnies to me. THANK YOU.
July 30, 2008 at 3:33 am |
Yeah, what was I going to say? Whatever.
It was totally more witty than anyone else but all of a sudden my nether regions feel all kinda ouchie.
July 30, 2008 at 3:38 am |
It looks like a duck to me, can’t make out the bottom. Please don’t take my input seriously, I have been in therapy for years and now one of my daughters is due to her father’s terminal illness. My favorite drawings were always the large round circles with big round eyes and limbs shooting out from the widest part (kinda looked like chicken feet). I love the one we have of four circles and the only difference is my husband’s green eyes vs. the three girls with blue eyes. We all spend years trying to analyze how we’ve f**ked up our children through their art, welcome to the club.
July 30, 2008 at 4:32 am |
Well, I’m not sure why you’re so sure it’s NOT a reindeer in the fog,
but if you’re sure,
then the only other thing it could be is an extremely foreshortened worm’s-eye view of a used tampon,
with a clot hanging from the string and a drip on the floor.
I kinda preferred the reindeer.
July 30, 2008 at 4:34 am |
Okay, Roo? THAT scarred me for life.
July 30, 2008 at 4:42 pm |
ml – we call that a nifkin!
August 3, 2008 at 12:56 am |
Yeah, as someone with mangled lady bits once myself, I sure thought of that as soon as I saw the picture. Although that damage doesn’t look too bad. Yet.
August 5, 2008 at 1:26 am |
Clenching my legs tightly together in sympathy over here.