THE “COMPLEAT” GRAPHOLOGIST.

And The Attributes of Perfection

The “Compleat” Angler fishing in a stream

I was always intrigued by the title of an old 17^th century treatise called “the Compleat Angler” by Isaac Walton . It was all about fishing. Now mind you, I didn’t read it because apart from the title it looked boring and my interest in it didn’t run that deep!

But it did inspire a thought or two about the “Compleat” Graphologist!

Not many of us can live up to the graphological model of complete perfection because after all we are speaking about handwriting which is a very human pursuit! And perfection is not part of the human experience.

So what then is the “Compleat” or ideal graphologist?

The “Compleat” Graphologist inspecting a handwriting sample with a microscope

The following thoughts come to mind but it isn’t a “compleat” list as I’m sure you’ll appreciate.

This then is -

‘The Compleat Graphologist’:

• Someone who is empathetic rather than judgmental

• Someone who is balanced, emotionally stable and emotionally mature (and this does not necessarily mean maturity of years).

• Someone with tact and diplomacy so that he informs rather than destroys.

• Someone with an innate understanding of psychology which does not always mean book learning.

• Someone with an optimistic outlook and a firm belief in the goodness of humanity (because there will always be those who are willing to disprove it.)

• Someone who is smart enough to see when a writer is trying to pull the wool over his eyes – graphologically speaking!

• Someone who has an eye for detail but at the same time has the ability to see the big picture.

• And finally - someone who has the linguistic ability to translate his thoughts into words.

Oh well! Even if we don’t have all of these attributes we can at least work towards acquiring some of them.

Incidentally, it’s interesting to see that most of these “attributes of perfection” can actually be detected in handwriting.

For example you can easily see if a writer has the following attributes from a sample of his or her handwriting :

• Empathy

• Emotional stability

• Tact and diplomacy

• Optimism or dejection

• Intelligent discernment

• Analytical ability

• Attention to detail

“But" as they say in the classics “that’s not all!”

Because there are many more details we can extract from just a single page of handwriting.

Of course it takes some study to become proficient in this area but it’s inspiring and it’s a lifetime skill.

With my best wishes for your “compleat” enjoyment of my collection of articles at Signposts!

Sandra

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