What’s in a Word?, by Tatiana – In The Mix #20

May 21, 2009 Tatiana EL-Khouri 4 Comments

I’m a very inquisitive individual and have always been interested in exploring the depths of anything that intrigues me in the least bit. If you are ever in a conversation with me and are stumped on anything, and I mean anything, my internal gears start churning and won’t stop processing until I get the information. I do the same thing about random subjects I’m interested in. I make a mental note of it, tab it and file it away.

One of those odd subjects I’ve filed away for years is handwriting analysis. I often integrate handwritten elements into my artwork and designs. With computers and machines having such a big part of our daily lives, I feel the hand touch of actually writing elements take people to a very simple place. It’s like getting a handwritten letter, who really does that anymore?

So recently while taking a short mental break from the many exciting projects I’m toiling away on, I indulged myself and read up on handwriting analysis. To my delight, I found plenty of websites that offered guidance through a hand-writing self-analysis. I instantly indulged and wrote out the wacky phrase listed-

“I saw the purple people eater say, “You and your silly reading monkey do not go home from the zoo!.” It was the strangest day. I didn’t know people eaters could talk so well. At least that silly monkey was reading a good book.”

I then was walked through a list of diagrams that showcased variations on letters- from loops, stems, height and shape of my letters. My favorite part of the analysis was in reference to my approach to problem solving.

“ She has the best of two kinds of minds. One is the quick investigating mind. The other is the creative mind. Her mind thinks quick and rapidly in the investigative mode. She can learn quicker, investigate more, and think faster. Tatiana can then switch into his low gear. When she is in the slower mode, she can be creative, remember longer and stack facts in a logical manner. She is more logical this way and can climb mental mountains with a much better grip.”

I recently had a conversation with a colleague, Whitney Farmer. She mentioned I had an interesting combination of talents, one being my artistic, out of the box thinking; and the other being my ability to function in a logical business structure that usually doesn’t exist in artistic types. It was quite eerie that the shape of my letter “M” and the real world experience I had with a colleague determined the same conclusion.

My inner Sherlock Holmes, Jacques Cousteau, and heck Indiana Jones were exhilarated. The results were actually quite fascinating. It honed in on my sarcasm, logical approach, and my ability to separate emotion from business yet remain extremely passionate about things that rile me up.

Let me know if you want your handwriting analyzed, I’m actually getting pretty good!