Incongruity As Seen In Obama’s Handwriting

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Our signature is our public face; how it is we want the public to view us. The body of our writing is who we really are. In the selection of personnel one of the important qualities looked at is how congruent is the person that interviews with who that person is on the job. Is “what they see” in an interview in actuality, “what they get” in the job?

To ascertain this we compare certain qualities in the signature with that of the body of writing. One important aspect is contained the capital letters of the signature. The capital letters B and O are of immense size measuring at 16mm and 11.5mm (this is more than twice copybook norms). These letter forms extreme in terms of height and breadth which is unnatural as it takes special effort to expand in two directions (upward and to the right) at the same time. These forms indicate arrogance, obtrusiveness, and an inclination toward evasion. Often it is said that this extreme between size of capitals and size of letters in the middle zone is indicative of a “superiority complex covering up an inferiority complex”.

Taking this information we can compare these sizes to the sizes of the capitals in the body of writing. The “A” in Anna measures much, much smaller indicating that Obama sees himself as far more important than that who it is he is writing to. President Obama is effective in presenting this larger than life persona. He is very conscious of rank, titles, and position. Confirmation of identity comes from the approval of others who see and recognize their performance and make favorable comments about them. Likewise, they can lose self-possession quickly with direct criticism or put-downs. Individuals with these formations tend to have two kinds of behavior, a public one, when they feel themselves observed, and when making a “show” will earn them momentary attention, and another one, when they are by themselves or perhaps with members of their close family.

Also, we can look at the meaning in the formations of the letters between our given name and family name. The “B” (given, individual name) is considerably taller than the “O” (family name) indicating that President Obama sees himself as more important than the “family”. Interestingly, the slash formation through the “O” represents some division within the family, possibly a split between his
black/white heritage.

Mr. Obama has been compared to Abraham Lincoln, by some. We will look at in my next piece.