A carpenter's level, an ax and a cowboy, had to study it for a minute to get the cowboy.

At the risk of sounding like a real simpleton, the first thing I saw was that crazy smoking caterpillar character in "Alice in Wonderland". I watched the movie as a kid, and still have the disturbing images and characters floating around in my head.

At first I thought, "A cockroach!" Because they do have wings, you know, they just don't usually use them because they don't have to.  Then I thought, perhaps it's a praying mantis, but it's missing key features that ought to be there, such as it's distinctive head and front limbs.

Finally, I'll settle on this:  I see a caterpillar or perhaps a locust, but not really because there are too many parts missing and the "wings" don't really look like they're wings.  

In the end it's just an ink blot, but one with some character.

Oh, and that red and black syringe is just some loose end of electrical wire, is all.
Oh, no!  It's an ax and a carpenter's level!!

Now, where is that cowboy???

Oh, right.  He's right there in the middle, half in shadow.  Okay.  Got it.

So what is it, Matthew?

An upside down crow.

I still don't see a cowboy!

I see what appears to be oil splatter and from a very badly leaking engine.

So, what is it really?

Yep, cowboy, not a happy one either. The key is not too look too hard, a good lesson actually in these times. Usually, answers to seemingly difficult questions are right in front of us.