Lecture 6 - more on spacing: words and lines

Question 1

Arrangement

Pg 2

Answer 1

• refers to the distribution of the black strokes on white background
• distance btwn words/lines disrupts writing movement, the larger the space the greater the disruption

Question 2

Word spacing

Pg 2

Answer 2

• represents the relationship btwn I to YOU - the desire for sociability
• significant in terms of thinking; the way words and spaces are written reflect a picture of how we are thinking
• balanced spacing represents logical thinking
• (positively) wide word spacing means they can deal w/ several topics at once (negatively) widening of word spaces shows collapse in thought
• words narrowly grouped thinking and action follow in quick succession - does not allow time for reflection and nobody can persuade otherwise
• wide word spaces are becoming more and more frequent

Question 3

Distance btwn lines

Pg 3

Answer 3

• give a structure to the whole page (more important than distance btwn words)
• made w/ more conscious awareness than word spacing
• indicates need for social contact/aloofness

Question 4

Narrow line spacing

Pg 3

Answer 4

Positive connotations:

• need for social contact
• intimacy

Negative connotations:

• tactless
• intrusive
• not enough time to coordinate thoughts (too much of a hurry)

Question 5

Wide line spacing

Pg 3

Answer 5

Positive connotation:

• dignity
• tact/diplomacy
• sensitivity

Negative connotation:

• arrogance
• class conscious

Question 6

Wide line spacing + wide word spacing

Pg 3

Answer 6

• complete inability to make social contact - a very unhealthy situation
• distances self from outside world due to loneliness(if they can cope in this situation then they have mastered feelings of inner isolation)
• clear insight into self and dignified reserve towards others
• likely to have the capacity for social contact w/ those they like or admirers of their intellect
• if loneliness is due to inability to form friendships then they are distant; arrogance and haughtiness is a cover-up for inner shyness; they want to stay distant to remain objective, but inner conflict makes them self relect and dissect the cause of conflicts

Question 7

wide line spacing + average word spacing

Pg 4

Answer 7

not much of a problem since it points to emphasis on external distance while the desire for contact still exists (similar to average line spacing + narrow word spacing)

Question 8

wide line spacing + narrow word spacing

Pg 4

Answer 8

• wide line spacing means clarity still exits in the mind, but also has the desire for social contact
• if baseline is straight the writer is determined to establish social contact - maintains tactful distance that makes them successful
• lack of pauses btwn words enhances chanes for success since they need to keep the conversation flowing to keep social contact
• may need social contact due to the pleasure it brings or for devious motives
• *further analysis is needed to discover why the writer needs social contact

Question 9

Average line spacing + Average word spacing

Pg 4

Answer 9

balanced individual w/ clarity of thinking and a healthy personal inregration - as long as the flow of movement is steady, distribution is well proportioned throughout and no sudden irregularities of spacing in line and word

Question 10

Narrow line spacing + wide word spacing

Pg 4

Answer 10

• very rare: when word spaces are proportionately wider than the line distances then there is a problem
• needs social contact but unable to establish contact; inner emptiness that needs worth affirmed by others; makes them become intrusive and tactless
• when lines are not extremely narrow compared to word spacing then it is more positive: they have mastered inner loneliness, but the narrower the line spacing = suffering because of inner loneliness

Question 11

Narrow line spacing + narrow word spacing

Pg 4

Answer 11

• harmonious distribution in arrangement w/o collisions, touching or disturbances - motivated to seek out social contact since they have much to give (especially when stroke quality is heavy)
• likely to have predominance of sensuous perception w/ pictorial (not abstract) thinking
• lack btwn lines could = lack of sensitivity and insight towards self and the world at large - unaware of how others see them since they do not give themselves enough distance to gain objective perspective