I can't help but notice how you keep equating 4's with artistic aspirations, why? I dont think it follows that all fours dream of being artists or that it's even the 'arty' enneagram. Fours have a drive for individuation over other priorities but it doesn't necessarily follow that sameness or commonality is a core fear. And why wouldn't a group of individuals sharing commonalities express it in similar ways? Isn't that the premise that Enneagram is actually founded on? We can define the diversity of humanity into 9 core groups based on their shared aspects.
The fours basic fear of personal significance does not mean that they seek to obliterate any small commonality with other people. It's a drive to find their holy grail, the one thing (or collection of things) that defines them, and makes them who they are. It's seeking a personal understanding of this thing known as 'me' and trying to sift and sort the 'me' from the collective. That doesn't always have to mean an uncommon style of expression. But when fours act out it often takes the form of some outward aggravation as a way of pushing against that which is considered 'other' in order to find the authentic. Like a kitten trying to fight its way out of a bag. It swipes at the societal boundaries seeking an exit point.
I have an internal drive for gnosis and a fear that gnosis will actually lead to the realisation that 'I' does not exist. If I share commonalities with others or not along the way, who really cares. It's not me being in a little bubble all on my own that matters. It's the search for that which is authentic versus that which is belonging to the collective conscious and masquerading as authentic that I care about.
The fours basic fear of personal significance does not mean that they seek to obliterate any small commonality with other people. It's a drive to find their holy grail, the one thing (or collection of things) that defines them, and makes them who they are. It's seeking a personal understanding of this thing known as 'me' and trying to sift and sort the 'me' from the collective. That doesn't always have to mean an uncommon style of expression. But when fours act out it often takes the form of some outward aggravation as a way of pushing against that which is considered 'other' in order to find the authentic. Like a kitten trying to fight its way out of a bag. It swipes at the societal boundaries seeking an exit point.
I have an internal drive for gnosis and a fear that gnosis will actually lead to the realisation that 'I' does not exist. If I share commonalities with others or not along the way, who really cares. It's not me being in a little bubble all on my own that matters. It's the search for that which is authentic versus that which is belonging to the collective conscious and masquerading as authentic that I care about.