Handwriting is brain writing

Local man offers graphology course

MOSES LAKE — Perhaps the eyes are not the window to the soul, after all.

Maybe it's the hands.

Watching longtime Moses Lake resident Wayne Freeman deep in thought as he silently considers the reporter's signature and a printed sentence, it doesn't seem like that odd a thought.

Finally, Freeman offers his diagnosis:

"You had good parents. You liked them both equally, and you're honest. That's nice to know. You're really proud of your first name, you like that middle initial and when people [have a sharp line at the end of their signature], it's like touching wood for good luck …"

This, then, is Freeman's handwriting analysis, or graphology, business. Twelve years in the running, he first got the idea upon coming across a pamphlet in his mother's basement while cleaning it out when she moved into a nursing home. That had some really good basic information, he recalled.

"I just kind of toyed around with that just for novelty, but it wasn't until I retired from the college that I really got interested in this and thinking about it as a career," Freeman, a former music and drama instructor at Big Bend Community College, said. "It's actually working very, very well for me, even though I'm primarily a musician. It's the graphology side of me that is actually paying the rent right now."

Freeman said that handwriting analysis is essentially like anything, initially looking easier, but more complex as one begins to explore the levels of the discipline.

Most recently, he was hired to examine the handwriting of 34 corporate officers working at Scholastic Magazine, Inc., in New York. The boss is throwing two parties, and at the first the officer copied down a phrase. It's Freeman's job to analyze the handwriting and come up with a creative and humorous description of each person.

Holding up several examples from the signature party, Freeman pointed out some of the different apparent traits.

One woman, judging by the way her last name is broken up and the first letter in her last name, is probably unfulfilled sexually, he said. One gentleman is what Freeman called a "thread-writer" and another "has broken writing the English language down to its very smallest components … I have no idea what that is," he said as he indicated the signature.

But Freeman said that he has no doubts about his assessments.

"I'll be 100 percent right," he said, noting that sometimes people will dispute his findings, but often when he shows how he came around to his conclusions, they will admit to his being right.

He will also have an article, his second, published on the handwriting university Web site next week, and has done a teleconference teaching call for students from Handwriting University, amongst other undertakings. He even analyzed the Danish prince's fiancee's handwriting — "I can analyze handwriting no matter what the language is," he said — and that couple has since been married.

Now, Freeman intends to offer a course from his home, beginning Wednesday or Thursday and lasting from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. or Nov. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon. Each course, flexible with each person's schedule, will last three hours, for a grand total of 30 hours.

"My emphasis is on administrators of any type," he said. "If you're a boss that hires other people, you should know the basics of handwriting analysis. In particular, you should know the danger signs for red flags of handwriting analysis."

Danger signs include a capital letTer appearing inside of a word where it doesn't belong — "it means there's rage hiding there and it can explode at any time" — or writing the lowercase letter "d" so that it loops and flops off to the right.

"That's called the manic 'd,' Freeman said. "A person with a manic 'd' is like a ticking time bomb."

If employers don't understand the basics of graphology, it leaves a big hole in their ability to hire the correct people. A lot of knowledge isn't necessary, but Freeman can teach in 30 hours how to know all of the danger signs.

"I can spot somebody that's wacky way faster than a psychologist could by looking at their handwriting, because handwriting is brain writing, the writing of your brain," he said.

For more information on his course, including fees and directions, Freeman can be contacted 509-764-8048.