C. S. Lewis’ handwriting was analysed by an expert

I love C. S. Lewis’ children’s books–his Narnia series is deliciously full of magic and fantasy and bits of the real world–so I was intrigued when I saw an article by the UK newspaper TimesOnline, that said that HarperCollins hired a professional graphologist, Diane Simpson, to analyse his handwriting. Simpson didn’t know whose handwriting she was analyzing. Her results are intriguing, including such things as: “I wonder whether he has a garden shed of sorts (or some other sort of world) in which to disappear when he chooses.” and “This is someone who is particularly sensitive and at times somewhat pedantic; not the sort of person to easily catch unawares.”

I’ve never read much about Lewis as a person, though his books do seem to indicate that he was sensitive. What do you think?

February 28th, 2008