Comments on: Weird Interview Requests

By: Khomus

Khomus — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 02:53:03 +0000

Actually, I’d love to see somebody analyze my handwriting, but I don’t know if they could. All I remember how to write is my signature. At some point I toyed with learning all the letters, at least to print them, and the numbers, but I don’t remember most of them. Half the time, my signature doesn’t come out the same. In fact ,if it ever did, I’d be surmazed and aprized. I’ll have to remember to try it if I ever get somewhere whee somebody does it.

As for the rest, eh. I just hate people/philosophies who think they know you better than you do, that’s all. And I think I’m getting crotchety in my old age. Ain’tcha glad I decided to start leaving comments now? :)

By: site admin

site admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:06:58 +0000

Touch a nerve there Khomus? :)

By: Khomus

Khomus — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:55:57 +0000

Graphology isn’t like art anyway. In art, you generally have some sort of intention, even if it’s just messing around for the hell of it. In graphology, the way your writing just happens to be is supposed to reveal deep clues to your personality. Me, I hate all forms of hidden motives schools of thought. It’s the “you say you’re doing X, but we know what you’re *really* doing.” It shows up in all sorts of philosophies and forms of activism, lots of pop psychology, all kinds of places. Why we can’t just take people at their word until proven otherwise is beyond me. I guess it’s more fun to play asshole amature detective and look for supposedly hidden secrets in everybody. Mind, I’m not saying that isn’t valid, sometimes, that people say one thing and do another. It’s just damned annoying when you have people finding hidden motives everywhere. Graphology strikes me as something like that. I mean, here’s a neat idea. Instead of going “oooo … you dot your ‘i’s with little harts, that must mean you’re loving!” How about, I dunno, getting to know the person? They’ll probably turn out to be a complete bitch anyway, heh. And yeah, I know graphology probably doesn’t do that, it was an example.

By: site admin

site admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:47:02 +0000

Oh, it’s *possible*. But I wouldn’t trust somebody to hire me or not based on what a consultant said they found out about my personality by looking at my art. (Unless the job was to produce art…)

I was interested in graphology when I was a kid, read some library books on it and stuff. It seemed interesting and all, but as far as I know there’s no more scientific validation for it than for phrenology.

Good article on it that seems pretty level-headed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphology

By: James

James — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:56:08 +0000

As an artist, Ed, do you feel any elements of your personality find expression in your artwork (inadvertantly or otherwise)?

If so, is it also possible in handwriting?