Space Socks
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- Joined
- Mar 26, 2012
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- MBTI Type
- ISFJ
The stereotype about SJs is that they don't care all that much about art, or individuality, or self-expression. If my life and perspective is any indication, then this stereotype is total BS.
I care a lot about self-expression. It may not be evident all the time, but I always remember that need as soon as I'm deprived of it. For example, I spent the whole summer living with my aunt, and when I realized that I wasn't allowed to personalize the room where I'd be living, I was frustrated to the point that I felt the need to rebel, and I started consciously leaving the room messy -- anything to prove that I had been there, that the place was mine.
^This isn't a side of SJs that people hear about.
Fellow SJs, what are your thoughts on individuality, and artistic expression, and how they relate to your aesthetics and how you live your life?
I find myself most expressive when I've been pushed to some degree of anger, frustration, inescapable madness etc. Having been in art school for over 3 years now, and looking back at my most meaningful work I'd have to say that there is some kind of unique, creative drive that comes after some phase of suffering.
To dissociate myself from all the things around me, all the tasks and relationships with people, I feel deep inside a love for loneliness. But I don't really know this until I've poured my eyes out from the buildup of mixed feelings. I forget that I surround myself with those that I know need me, to the point I forget I need time for myself.