Graphology

I experience the world as a blend of colors, sounds, sensations, thoughts and ideas. An ever evolving unique rainbow of sorts, if you will. And so I have taken to noticing how I sign my work over the years has changed.

I like thinking that handwriting reveals something that is otherwise not readily apparent. I like believing that any changes with handwriting are substantially indicative of something else as well. I consider graphology to be where art, science and psychology merge.

There is not a huge number of books written on the topic of handwriting analysis, but there are enough to provide a variety of interpretations. The caveat however, is that it is now impossible for me to look at a signature without being drawn to its potential of a deeper meaning.

I signed my earlier works as "Tammi." I thought that the "lumpy" signature was creative. It was not until quite recently that I started signing off as "Another Original by Tamara". I either weave the handwriting into a painting or sign along the border of the painting, making sure that it "turns the corner." Now THAT, I am convinced has to mean something. I have learned that Tammi and Tamara, you see, are really two quite different personalities. Guess it goes along with the whole Gemini/Quirky Twin thing going on.

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne