Derpravity
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- Feb 13, 2013
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- MBTI Type
- INTJ
- Enneagram
- 5w4
- Instinctual Variant
- sp/sx
This thought just occurred to me and I'm wondering how much it resonates with other INTJs, or if it's an NT thing, or an N thing, or a weak Se or Si thing, or just a thing.
I've been kind of dreamy and creative ever since I was a kid, always making up stories and characters and worlds. I think it's part of how I dealt with my emotions, which were often intense, and all sorts of vague impressions which I experienced a lot, processing them into a kind of logical and ordered format. If that makes any sense at all.
The most relevant part to my inquiry is that much to my frustration, I never developed a very visual imagination. I could never hold onto the idea of an imaginary friend, and to be able to visualise something in my head, I had to really concentrate, and even then only get the most nebulous impressions. I've been in some way or other artistically inclined since I was old enough to hold a pencil (regardless of technical ability), but I've never been able to see on the page what I wanted to create, and then realise it. I could only discover what shapes I made, and then try to adjust them until I liked what I saw.
I can barely visualise the faces of people I know, or any objects, it's all these indefinite semblances and shadows of meaning and association. My artistic and creative endeavours have always been a clumsy but determined process of grasping at these mental shadows. Thinking about it, that probably has to do with the Jungian functions that I use best, although I wonder if really strenuously applying myself would help me.
The short and sweet:
Answer the poll, and discuss: What's your imagination like? Can you follow vivid but vaguely formed narratives, or is it nigh-photorealistic? Is it static or constantly in motion? Is it overactive or rarely/never used? Do you have sudden mental images occur to you out of the blue? Or sudden vague impressions? Can you direct long mental fantasies at will or do you tend to lose concentration, or your imagination takes its own path?
I've been kind of dreamy and creative ever since I was a kid, always making up stories and characters and worlds. I think it's part of how I dealt with my emotions, which were often intense, and all sorts of vague impressions which I experienced a lot, processing them into a kind of logical and ordered format. If that makes any sense at all.
The most relevant part to my inquiry is that much to my frustration, I never developed a very visual imagination. I could never hold onto the idea of an imaginary friend, and to be able to visualise something in my head, I had to really concentrate, and even then only get the most nebulous impressions. I've been in some way or other artistically inclined since I was old enough to hold a pencil (regardless of technical ability), but I've never been able to see on the page what I wanted to create, and then realise it. I could only discover what shapes I made, and then try to adjust them until I liked what I saw.
I can barely visualise the faces of people I know, or any objects, it's all these indefinite semblances and shadows of meaning and association. My artistic and creative endeavours have always been a clumsy but determined process of grasping at these mental shadows. Thinking about it, that probably has to do with the Jungian functions that I use best, although I wonder if really strenuously applying myself would help me.
The short and sweet:
Answer the poll, and discuss: What's your imagination like? Can you follow vivid but vaguely formed narratives, or is it nigh-photorealistic? Is it static or constantly in motion? Is it overactive or rarely/never used? Do you have sudden mental images occur to you out of the blue? Or sudden vague impressions? Can you direct long mental fantasies at will or do you tend to lose concentration, or your imagination takes its own path?