It’s National Handwriting Day!
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Looking for ways to celebrate?
Write a thank you note.
Start a journal to include your goals and great ideas.
Leave an uplifting note —even a sticky note— for a friend or a stranger.
Write a positive letter to your mother, sister, father, brother, friend, or partner on what you love about them, or a memory that still makes you laugh or warms your heart.
Make a list of happy thoughts.
Write an affirmation on your bathroom mirror =)
Write On!
Symbols in Handwriting
Dear Readers,
Graphoanalysis® is more than a study of the shape of letters; it is based on the analysis of individual strokes found in those letters. Basically, every mark on the page has meaning that provides insight into the writer’s personality. Occasionally, whole letter structures or letter combinations take on a symbolic shape and, like its appearance, can be temporary or long lasting. The concept of symbols, their placement in written communication, and the writer’s choice to use them is a fascinating aspect to the study of handwriting. After all, our written language is nothing more than symbols that have evolved over time.
In Graphoanalysis, traits fall into two categories: basic or evaluated. Honesty is an example of an evaluated trait because its identification requires a combination of such qualities as frankness, openness, loyalty, and a lack of deceit. A basic trait can be identified by a single sign or stroke. Some of these basic traits can easily be compared to symbols. Here are just a few examples.
An inverted letter “v” shape (/\) resembles a rigid brace or wedge reflecting unwavering support, a strong stance. In handwriting, this brace indicates stubbornness (1).
T-bars that end with a sharp point (2) indicate the trait of sarcasm. Such writers are said to have a “sharp tongue” and may use words in a way that is different from what is meant. Some may sound humorous but often they are meant to hurt or insult.
One way to get attention in a group is to raise your hand. In handwriting, final strokes made abnormally long and curved up and backward (3) – as if waving in the air – reflect a desire for attention.
Sometimes, symbols in handwriting are even more obvious. One client’s writing showed a combination of two letters used repeatedly throughout the sample that looked like a percent (%) sign. As manager of a company with an annual budget of over $20 million, this writer was well versed in finances and, at the time, was enmeshed in corporate restructuring.
Another sample contained shapes that resembled hieroglyphs. When asked what her thoughts were about Egypt, the writer expressed her surprise and then explained that she would be visiting that area in a few months after more than a year of planning.
Handwriting is often called brain writing since that’s where the impulse to write begins. What is your brain focused on lately? Can you see signs of your attention, passion, or fascination hidden in your writing?
Writing by hand creates an opportunity for those signs that have meaning to you to slip into the marks you leave on the page. Sometimes they are obvious but evaluation is always key to determining a stroke or a symbol’s influence on the writer. One thing is certain, your handwriting is unique to you and you are unique to the planet. So… Write On!
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