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self-portraits

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From: utzoodecvaxharposeismohaomenlo70...
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1983 09:16
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I had an interesting telephone discussion last night with a 
friend of mine who administers psychological tests.  One
particularly interesting test is to ask the subject to
draw a picture of himself.  In the interest of brevity I
won't describe *everything* psychologists look for
in a subject's self-portrait, but one important clue
that may reveal suicidal tendencies is the resemblance
of the drawing to a popular cartoon character.  For example,
many potentially suicidal subjects tend to draw themselves
as one of the characters from "Peanuts", often Snoopy.

Those of us who draw self-portraits that resemble bathtubs
full of brightly-colored machine parts are diagnosed differently,
as you might expect.

Your pal,

Ken Rhodes

P.S. Van Gogh doesn't count.
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From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!tektronix!tekmdp!bronze!kenr
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Title: self-portraits
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Posted: Thu Mar  3 09:16:27 1983
Received: Fri Mar 11 06:17:23 1983
Subject: self-portraits
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1983 09:16:27 +0000
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