About the "Lake Between the Hills" Handwriting Analysis

Handwriting analysis can be so accurate, it's almost frightening.  But it is able to show only our natural inclinations, strengths, and challenges--not the astonishing things God is able to accomplish when he shines through our weaknesses.  I find it interesting to use handwriting analysis as a filter to show the contrast between Richard's natural human personality and what he let God do with his servant's heart, which is usually most apparent in the videos of his performances.  Yes, Jason Boyett, his handwriting suggests he did dislike the limelight.   But his sense of responsibility to use his gifts was greater than his retiring nature.

You can probably detect that this analysis was done by someone who knew Richard pretty well.  For instance, someone who knew Richard's favorite poet at the time, and his interest in the Grail legends.  The analyst is me--I began studying handwriting analysis as a child.  The upshot of this particular analysis is--Richard's major means of revealing his personal feelings was through his songs.  They were perhaps the only outlet he had for his deepest emotions.  If you wanted to know how or what Richard was feeling, you let him take you to the nearest piano.  The heart he showed in his songs was the true one: he was no hypocrite, no superficial manipulator of emotions just because he could.  The things he couldn't say to your face were the things he would sing.  He was nineteen years old when he wrote this sample, and younger when he wrote the song.  His search for the love of God had begun in earnest long before he ever heard of Brennan Manning. 

Of course, an analysis is only as good as the analyst.  I submitted this sample and the analysis I produced to a professional, Sandra Fisher, and her remarks follow: 

"I found your analysis of the situation very detailed and  insightful. How very complex it is. And what a very complex man he must have been."

I will be posting excerpts from Sandra's own analysis here on my blog in the near future.