The Cartoon Cover: A Rorschach Inkblot

Of all the stories and analysis I've read about the "satirical" cartoon of Barack and Michelle Obama on the cover of The New Yorker, today's political commentary in the Oregonian best hits the mark.

Cynthia-Lou Coleman, associate professor of communication at Portland State University, writes that Journalists assume they get it, you don't. I especially appreciated her comment that the cartoon is "not just a mirror; the cover is a Rorschach inkblot that allows you to peer into the picture and interpret its meaning through your own prism. Problem is, our prisms are not the same, and it's folly to assume what others are thinking based on our own individualistic viewpoint."

How did you interpret the cover? And what do you think of the "folly" of assuming what others think about it?

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The Cartoon Cover: A Rorschach Inkblot