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SQUIGGLE [2 records]

Record 1 1995-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Handwriting Analysis and Cryptography
DEF

Illegible curly handwriting.

CONT

The squiggle is the imagination symbol. It is the only one of the four forms which is unfamiliar. By combining all the other shapes it creates a design of its own. When you do the same thing in your handwriting, you are using your imagination. Your configurations may not look like the squiggle, but they will have added to then something new and creative which reflect your unique personality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Graphologie et cryptographie
DEF

gribouillage : écriture illisible; dessin, peinture brouillés, informes.

CONT

S'il y a dès le début «expression», elle n'est pas pour autant volontaire; au cours de l'évolution des gribouillis vers le dessin et l'écriture, c'est justement la volonté qui transformera la trace plus ou moins rudimentaire en un «tracé» plus ou moins intentionnellement représentatif.

Spanish

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Record 2 1984-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
Key term(s)
  • squiggle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

En psychothérapie infantile (...) jeu partagé par l'adulte et l'enfant, où chacun, à tour de rôle, crayonne quelques traits sur le papier. Chaque squiggle (fioriture) ajoute un peu de fantaisie et de sens au griffonnage initial.

Spanish

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