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Figure 1 shows neither an upper loop nor a lower one, only single strokes. If there had been loops, they would not have made the letters more readable. This writer reduces everything to its simplest form. Any stroke that is not essential is omitted. As long as the word is readable, why add loops? In whatever this writer does, his method is direct. In a general sense, loops show us the mental attitude of the writer. Picture writing with neither an upper loop nor a lower one, only single strokes. If there had been loops, they would not have made the letters more readable. This writer...

Graphology is the study of handwriting and what it can tell about the mind behind it. When a person writes, it is his hand that does the writing, but his brain that does the dictating... Graphology is the study of handwriting and what it can tell about the mind behind it. When a person writes, it's his hand that does the writing, but his brain that does the dictating. There have been many cases of amputees who, having lost the hand or arm with which they wrote, relearned the art with either the other hand, or the feet, or the mouth. Aside from a certain understandable shakiness ca...

Figure 1 shows an example of connected writing. One of the major points that the graphologist looks for in his analysis is how the subject thinks. In this example, we see that each word is internally connected, each letter linked to the following one. Connected writing shows a person who is both practical and logical. He will take his time figuring something out, but once he has done so, he is very tenacious of his opinion. He is the person who builds fact upon fact, then adds them up to a logical decision. Picture connected writing. One of the major points that the graphologist looks f...

Notice Figure 16, squares or other geometric designs signify a practical nature... There is much controversy among psychologists as to why people doodle. Many suggest that during a negotiation should a party begin to doodle, his interest is waning. He is expressing that he prefers not to communicate with his counterpart. They go on to say that because the doodler actually has much praise for his creative work, this further lessens direct contact. Other analysts suggest the doodler is actually bored and because of this, wants to be elsewhere, hence he starts to doodle. Regardless as to w...

Notice Figure 160. Mike was a seventeen year old boy brought to the hospital be¬cause of withdrawal symptoms. His father had a history of a car accident with a head injury and being extremely irritable sub¬sequent to this. Mike felt completely isolated and rejected by the father. Note in the drawing the compartmentalization. This is a method that children use to isolate themselves from people and to deny feelings. Note the distance between Mike and the father in the drawing and his turning to the refrigerator for nurture rather than to people… Analysis of human figure drawings is a psyc...

There are millions of children or adults who take a lesson in a subject that they wish to excel at. These lessons can deal with sports, academics, dance, instruments, and singing. While all of these lessons are popular it is quite possible that signing lessons are the most sought after lessons. There are a wide number of reasons why a person may wish to take a singing lesson. In fact a singing lesson is such a popular choice that you may already be taking one or are interested in learning about taking a singing lesson. As previously mentioned, one of the most common reasons why a pe...

How one draws a person reveals a great deal. O-W O: Obsessive-compulsive: buttons inconspicuous (as on cuffs), shoelaces, wrinkles, other unnecessary detailing. Obsessive control of aggression: fingers with joints and nails carefully indicated. Obsessive element accompanying dependency: buttons on cuffs. Opposite sex regarded as smarter or as possessing greater social authority: head larger on opposite sex figure. Opposite sex viewed as punishing: arms heavy, shaded on opposite sex. Oral aggression/sadism: heavily lined mouth. Oral-aggressiv...

Trying to approach a woman takes a lot of courage, especially when you feel uneasy or unsettled about the very thought of approaching a female. Many men live their whole lives with this fear, and either end up staying single or settling in on women that are really not the kind that they dream about being with. You can have a choice, however, and decide NOT to settle, and instead start to conquer whatever fears that you might have about approaching women. Here's a lesson that you NEED to learn about how to approach women that will make you realize just how important it is to get over this ...

There is no mistaking that Stephen King is a masterful writer. His prose is clean and extraordinarily well written. But there is another, very valuable lesson, he has to offer you as an aspiring author. To understand this lesson you have to take a look at his body of work. If you look at the enormous body of work that Stephen King has produced over the last several decades what do you come up with? You come up with an incredibly diverse range of works that run the complete spectrum of writing. He has written multi-volume stories that span decades of his life, collections of short stories,...

To the graphologist, the two most important letters for analysis are the small t and the letter i. In this article, you will find virtually every possible kind of t bar. Any other t bar you may come across will probably be only a variation of one of these, and with practice, you should be able to see into which category of t bar it fits. When we speak of the t bar, we mean the horizontal line crossing the stem of the t. We are not concerned with the letter as a whole. The 'normal' t bar is perfectly centered; meaning that the length of the bar is equal on both sides of the ste...