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Jung Personality test revisited.
So in April 2009 I tested as ENFP and preferred to be ESFJ - I was attracted to ENTJ, though.
Today I tested as ENFJ, preferring to be ENTJ and attracted to ENTJ's.
Hmmmmm - I wonder if it is a good thing to be attracted to the preferred version of yourself?
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It's been awhile . . .
Structured writing wasn't quite getting it. The Artist's Way is great and I'm likely to get back to it at a later date, but I'm no longer gung-ho to respond to it each morning or evening.
Today I read a note from a past teacher praising my work - anote I don't remember ever having read before. But I have to have read it . . . it was printed out ( Read more... ) -
Artist's Way August 27th
"Many times, success comes through unseen doorways. When conventional routes have been exhausted, success steps forward wearing an eccentric cloak."
Can’t you just see the carnie stepping from around a corner, affecting his best PT Barnum bellow, daring you to step forward for the opportunity of a lifetime. Never before seen on this continent! ( Read more... ) -
Artist's Way Aug 25
“…whatever we are is not what we wish ourselves to be. Comedians yearn for drama; darmatic actors crave comedy. Not that we can’t do more than one thing, but one of the things we should let ourselves do is what comes naturally and easily.”
Really? Is that allowed? Can I just write short stories and be successful? Or even just daily posts like ( Read more... ) -
Artist's Way Aug 24
"When our lives become too frantic, our art retreats. It does not thrive on a life lived pell-mell."
Besides absolutely loving the word 'pell-mell' this quote seems to echo the overriding message of the past year. My life needs structure. What I have been hoping for the past 41 years is that something else would wander in and enforce that ( Read more... ) -
Artist's Way Aug 23
“Rather than Paint, write, dance, audition and see where it takes us, we pick up a block. Blocked, we know who and what we are: unhappy people.”
Today’s entry brings up an interesting look at what a block is and who experiences them. Generally we hear the term ‘Writer’s Block’ and that’s the area to which I have always relegated the term ‘blocked’.
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Artist's Way August 22
"Creative energy is energy. When we are worrying about creating instead of actually creating, we are wasting our creative energy."
This one resonates as well. For one thing, I'm a worrier in general. It seems I get uncomfortable when I have nothing to worry about. I've been trying to watch the whole energy thing. Spending energy as if it were ( Read more... ) -
Artisit's Way August 20th
“Very often a creative block manifests itself as an addiction to fantasy. Rather than working or living in the now, we spin our wheels and indulge in daydreams.)
Wow! This one hits home. More so in past years than currently, but I sure do recognize it.
EXERCISE:
It was so sweet to slip into the screenplay in her head. The subtle hues of a life barely ( Read more... ) -
Artisit's Way August 19th
"Allowing art to move through us without impediment means resigning as its author."
Ain't it the truth? It is my pattern as a writer to procrastinate probably because I am creating the looming piece from the moment it is assigned. (By me or by others.) But I never give myself credit for that work because when the moment arrives and the deadline ( Read more... ) -
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"As artists we are great listeners, and as the volume is pitched too high, our inner ear and our inner work suffers."
This is an interesting statement because I don't know that all artists are inherent listeners.
I do believe that artists easily fall prey to distraction, but I don't know that they all listen. It seems the very best artists have ( Read more... )