Type Me via Collage

[Chad of the OttomanEmpire]

At first glance, the "Revolution" image stands out from the rest. It seems rather... traditional and social, something a socially oriented ISTJ 6 would pick or something.
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847 Sx/So (I'm choosing 8 first because it's not melancholic enough for 4, and it's not light enough for 7)

Naranjo actually correlates sx8 with the archetype of the revolutionary, so these are both very interesting statements.

 

[Peter Deadpan]

Naranjo actually correlates sx8 with the archetype of the revolutionary, so these are both very interesting statements.

I figured you wouldn't be keen on the social bit. I will say it was a tough call for this one. I felt like it was a punchy social message, but even social-blinds can have strong views on things related to humanity on a global scale without it being connected to a dominant social instinct.

And yeah, I was more trying to communicate how my perception of the individual pieces morphed when I began connecting them, which is pretty cool.

Was my analysis of the overall message close to the intended message?

 

[Earl Grey]

This is all the time I want to devote to this. I could probably find better, but since I don't 'collect' these things (outside of watercolors) or browse pinterest regularly, I don't have a stash and had to spend time searching for various things. But I guess it will have to do.

Edit: The layout is jumbled because I was having to copy and paste and resize and use the 'ancient' Paint program.

Wow, this photoset is so light! It immediately screams -SF- at me at first glance, but I'll try go deeper than that.

Lots of nature themes. Honestly, it feels like an art gallery. I get the feeling of looking at an art gallery, and the contents are things the artist has seen and drawn. Would give Se, so -SFP (by the way, I actually only realized who you were when I glanced at your username and realized oh yeah, you do draw). There is a sense of 'wandering', the entire set feels very light and lax. Lots of locations and subjects contained in this photoset alone. Even has a lady at the airport.

I don't feel much neuroticism here really, even the darker bits are more artistic than anything. It feels like the artist is a watcher than someone who engages with the subjects they paint. E5, Introversion? But not too much. Would give 7 over 5 for head due to the variety in colours and subjects.


OVERALL
Apologies it's quite short. Yours seems rather simple and straightforward. ISFP, nature and themes of peace, 9w1, next I feel is heart- 4w3? There is a sense of of setting things up for a presentation instead of diving deep that would have made me give w5. No idea for head, but could be 7 (either wing) due to the wandering feel, the various colours used, the and fun (haha) positioning of the images (it seems like an artistic choice, actually). I see no overt sp here, but a lot of outward focus even if not on people- maybe soc? There is some sx present with the BW drawings of the lady's back and the people on top of each other. so/sx.

To note I don't know much what about type and what IV tends to pick what kind of pictures, Kray (RadicalDoubt) says that sp picks a lot of elements of nature, but I don't know how or why. So I'm going with my personal impressions of it, but if I were to follow Kray, I'd give sp/sx instead.

 

[Chad of the OttomanEmpire]

I figured you wouldn't be keen on the social bit. I will say it was a tough call for this one. I felt like it was a punchy social message, but even social-blinds can have strong views on things related to humanity on a global scale without it being connected to a dominant social instinct.

And yeah, I was more trying to communicate how my perception of the individual pieces morphed when I began connecting them, which is pretty cool.

Was my analysis of the overall message close to the intended message?

I said I didn't make this collage.

In a way, I was being honest about that. I didn't create the collage so much as my depression created it. I was seriously another person at the time. It wasn't necessarily composed of things I would normally have put--I would like to create a real one someday, made by Normal Me, just as I referenced earlier. (I'm supposed to be doing my dissertation though, so it seems everyone will have to wait a month or so.)

But no sense in denying anything. To answer your question, there was no overall message intended. If anything, it was about the pains and losses I felt--how cruel the world was to me. (Now of course, it's possible to take a mystical stance and argue that you are me as I am she and we are all together--meaning there's no separation, and what the world does to me it does to itself etc., but I'm not taking it THAT far). This came immediately after surviving a very harrowing years-long experience, being abandoned by my family, and losing my father. So it was really more about that. Defeat. Pain. Loss. Rage. The meager indulgences and fantasies I have to escape the pain. The raspberries...well, they were some sort of free clip art. They just looked nice and felt "right" in that particular position.

You adequately captured many ways of how I feel about life, though. So if I ever make a collage about that, you have already correctly interpreted it.

As to the stackings. I am pretty open to it. I've been typing as sx-first for about 6 years now, and all I can say is that it's done me like...insane shit tons of good to type this way. That is pretty much what my mind constantly brings to the fore, obsesses over, gets worked up over, and defines me and my worth as a person. It defines my life story. I don't see much point in arguing with myself about that, despite the fact that it habitually crops up that "No way am I sx first".

I tried to be social first or second, I really did. My stacking seems to largely depend on who defines the instincts. But Russ Hudson basically says that there are super-ego attacks around the inferior instinct, which I have around social--never around self-pres. It's not the same as obsessing over it, but nonetheless these attacks form a major part of your identity. I have to say that, regardless of actual instinctual order, it will bring me the most growth to type as sx/sp. Let nay-sayers say nay as they will--they're not the ones doing the inner work so they can fuck off lol.

I'm ok with your interpretation of social though. It makes sense based on what you said. It was interesting and insightful hearing you build a narrative around the collage.

 

[cascadeco]

Wow, this photoset is so light! It immediately screams -SF- at me at first glance, but I'll try go deeper than that.

Lots of nature themes. Honestly, it feels like an art gallery. I get the feeling of looking at an art gallery, and the contents are things the artist has seen and drawn. Would give Se, so -SFP (by the way, I actually only realized who you were when I glanced at your username and realized oh yeah, you do draw). There is a sense of 'wandering', the entire set feels very light and lax. Lots of locations and subjects contained in this photoset alone. Even has a lady at the airport.

I don't feel much neuroticism here really, even the darker bits are more artistic than anything. It feels like the artist is a watcher than someone who engages with the subjects they paint. E5, Introversion? But not too much. Would give 7 over 5 for head due to the variety in colours and subjects.


OVERALL
Apologies it's quite short. Yours seems rather simple and straightforward. ISFP, nature and themes of peace, 9w1, next I feel is heart- 4w3? There is a sense of of setting things up for a presentation instead of diving deep that would have made me give w5. No idea for head, but could be 7 (either wing) due to the wandering feel, the various colours used, the and fun (haha) positioning of the images (it seems like an artistic choice, actually). I see no overt sp here, but a lot of outward focus even if not on people- maybe soc? There is some sx present with the BW drawings of the lady's back and the people on top of each other. so/sx.

To note I don't know much what about type and what IV tends to pick what kind of pictures, Kray (RadicalDoubt) says that sp picks a lot of elements of nature, but I don't know how or why. So I'm going with my personal impressions of it, but if I were to follow Kray, I'd give sp/sx instead.

Thanks! It's quite true, I think my aesthetics preference is quite ISFP by stereotype/feel.

 

[RadicalDoubt]

I enjoyed reading that. I'm particularly interested in the choice of SP/SO over SP/SX, I have toyed around with weather I am sx/sp or sp/sx but have always been so last. There was one picture I could not find which I think might have indicated more sp/sx though, if it were included in the collage. I used to have it as an avatar but it solicited too much attention so I removed it.

Edit: I would have thought the Flamenco dancer was raging sp/sx ….. Where would the social be, could you expound on that?

I mostly went with sp/so over sp/sx because I didn't really catch any hints of what I would interpret as sx (although admittedly, the flamenco dancer in particular had me thinking for awhile between sx and so there). It's mostly due to the level of containment in in your collage. Despite the vibrancy of it, I didn't really strike me with the intensity, merging quality, or expansiveness that sx and sx aesthetics typically give off. I also really didn't catch any of the agressive aspects of sx (or soc blind) 4 either, so I went mostly with sp/so because your collage was more on the contained/tame side of thing.

I wouldn't put much stock in photo based typing though, at least the kind that holds it's basis in collages (though it is fun to play around with different interpretations).

 

[Zhaylin]

Just.. wow.
I love everyone's collages.
How were the images chosen, though? Are they pictures you're drawn to or did y'all actively search for images you think represent you?

Awesome job, everyone

 

[Coriolis]

Here is one more, though I am not sure it is very useful in suggesting types for me unless people know who the characters are. I made it in response to one of Dr Mobius' collage prompts, which was for fictional characters one relates to. Members were supposed to guess who made each collage, so I deliberately omitted several characters often associated with me, to make it more of a challenge.

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[Earl Grey]

Just.. wow.
I love everyone's collages.
How were the images chosen, though? Are they pictures you're drawn to or did y'all actively search for images you think represent you?

Awesome job, everyone

Shoulda added this to the prompt. Then again, I'd love to leave it for people to guess.
I don't know if you did a collage, but if you haven't, would you?

 

[Chad of the OttomanEmpire]

Just.. wow.
I love everyone's collages.
How were the images chosen, though? Are they pictures you're drawn to or did y'all actively search for images you think represent you?

Awesome job, everyone

In my case, I actually chose the ones I felt made the most powerful impact. They were, in this particular instance, ones that emotionally resonated with me and that, by default, really represented my inner state when I created it. I mentioned something of this process above--I was depressed at the time so in this case, they were not all images I thought represented me on a base level. Overall, I'd say choosing images to represent you is the best way to create a collage about yourself, however.

 

[Betty Blue]

I mostly went with sp/so over sp/sx because I didn't really catch any hints of what I would interpret as sx (although admittedly, the flamenco dancer in particular had me thinking for awhile between sx and so there). It's mostly due to the level of containment in in your collage. Despite the vibrancy of it, I didn't really strike me with the intensity, merging quality, or expansiveness that sx and sx aesthetics typically give off. I also really didn't catch any of the agressive aspects of sx (or soc blind) 4 either, so I went mostly with sp/so because your collage was more on the contained/tame side of thing.

I wouldn't put much stock in photo based typing though, at least the kind that holds it's basis in collages (though it is fun to play around with different interpretations).

I was just interested in your reasoning, rather than any belief in 'the system'. It's usually going to be a combination of things mixed with any individuals personal bias... *inserts disarming smile to divert any perceived hostility*

 

[Peter Deadpan]

I was just interested in your reasoning, rather than any belief in 'the system'. It's usually going to be a combination of things mixed with any individuals personal bias... *inserts disarming smile to divert any perceived hostility*

That's Sp 6 in a nutshell, so your self-typing seems accurate or close.

 

[Kas]

Here is one I made for myself

And three I made for anonymous (not-so-anonymous these days)collage thread -> which I highly recommend to see, because there are some pearls
The Anonymous Collage Thread
The Anonymous Collage Thread 1.2

Representation of what I appreciate in the world

Fictional characters I relate to

Representation of myself

 

[Kas]

I remember I got INTP e5w4 impression when I saw it.

 

[Earl Grey]

Imgur: The magic of the Internet Here!

Hello, you.
I like this. This is quite the bright, 'pop' photoset. One you'd expect in an aesthetics tumblr, quite nice.
Here we go.

My first impression was NFP, what with all the colours and the joy. This might be really fast for me to conclude but I immediately got tritype 479- the Gentle Spirit vibes. 7 core, 4 second. Everything seems to be related to imagination and being in the head, as well as related to feelings and less about how you deal with or see the world necessarily. That solidifies NFP for me.

7wx, I don't know enough to tell w6 or w8, but I'd chance w8 in that I don't see much anxiety and due to the hint of adventurousness in the photoset, which I am getting from the photo of the globe.

4w3. I'd like to comment how there is a slight frail melancholy and a sense of nostalgia or sentimentality with the styles of the photos you have chosen. There are the sushi rolls, which if you are not Japanese or Asian (which I suspect), would be seen as or associated with traditionality (and a dash of interest in the foreign and novel, that I associate with 7). The old books. The stained globe. It also gives me a sense of Si, but lower Si, tertiary or inferior. There is also a feeling of gentle, slightly veiled fragility. It is not veiled by strength however, but overtaken by the bright 'pop' colours of the other pictures and the overall feel of the photoset- but comes across in the bleeding hearts and the dark, silent night of the lower right picture. Pain veiled by happiness, which also points towards E7. w3 over w5 due to the focus on presentation instead of the 'double darkness' or even pseudo-intellectualism that 4w5 can show.

As for E9, nothing points strongly to either wing, but I would give w8 because I don't see much pointing to superego or expectations, so there is an iddy bit of some expansive in there. I chose E9 over 8 or 1 due to the gentle, peaceful feeling of the overall photoset. Nothing comes across as a message you are trying to make people see or slap onto them so to speak, or any kind of tug of war between your ego and the world. It seems quite harmonious, so E9 for you.

For variants, I don't have solid ideas for either so I will give them based off overall vibes: so/sx or sx/sp. sp-dom would be too guarded, and sx/so would be too brash and loose. so/sx for the non-overbearing feeling and the feeling of 'presentation for an audience', but if not I'd give you sx/sp for the feeling of novelty but held back by a dash of privacy, which I am vibing because nothing in this set particularly shows anything vulnerable about yourself, rather, the set seems to show an idealized image of what you want (yet again points to E7 and E4).


OVERALL
MBTI: eNFP, I'd give you Ne-dom cognitively, there is nothing implying high sociability here but there's a lot of mental stuff going on, Ne, from-the-field ideas.
Enneagram: 749 so/sx. Considering the overall photoset, I associate the food present with soc connection (there are cultural and thus people-implications here, so soc) or sx novelty, and not for security in on itself. I got more of a 'live to eat' than 'eat to live' vibe, overall.

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That was fun, so I made another one. Plus maybe you guys can get a heart fix out of this one. I love the aesthetics Imgur: The magic of the Internet

I came across this while picking the next photoset to type, so might as well toss it in while I'm at it.

TLDR; It solidifies E4 for me, and specifically 4w3. Superego (E2) where? I see no such influence, rather everything seems ego-based, regarding the and a characterization of the individual themselves (E4). 3w4 as the next contender, but I don't think you're double ID- too much. It seems to be image-seeking enough that I would give w3, but related to the individual person who created this photoset enough that I would give 4 over 3 overall. Everything is still overshadowed by the fact that E7 is first and E4 is second, and this gives me a more solid soc vibe and sx second, there is nothing brash or shocking in it, everything seems polished and there is a use of 'common language' or 'common themes'- the cards, the game over, now that I think of it, might hint to competency but seems more expansive in the w3 way. To note is that this photoset is overall darker and more melancholic than your first one, but not by much.

Overall, however, it shows more games, fun, novelty- E7, which I have covered previously. There can be w8 on the focus of winning and expanding (experience-wise), but can easily be replaced by w6 certainty-seeking, but not enough that I'd give you w6 from this alone.

4w3 as heart for you, so/sx, the rest stays the same.

 

[Earl Grey]

Oooh...I've made a few in the past...

Bonus points for anyone able to identify the films included.

First impression: Oh dear.
A small disclaimer that I am not used to this style, so may be grossly misinterpreting it. And, I know none of these movies.
Let's get to it.

This entire set immediately screams Se, and -S-P to me. Those bright colours. Lots of Fi, too, self-characterization. Seems highly focused on sensory experience that you relate to or from which you derive personal meaning. -SFP.

That was too quick.

soc last, sx/sp due to the unabashed, unapologetic nature of the expression. "This is me, I am myself."

That was way too quick.


OVERALL

MBTI: -SFP, nothing particularly points to introversion or extroversion for me, but I may give I instead of E due to everything being in the personal realm (Fi) instead of how you interact with your environment (which I would expect from dom-Se).

Enneagram: 4w5 for obvious reasons, and double withdrawn. 7w6 or 6w7 due to the novelty, but without the w8 expansiveness. Would consider counterphobic 6 due to the rejection and 'social message' present in the images, "Take it from the man!" the flag, the "Fuck the clock" shirt. Lots of 'being myself and going against the grain' themes. Would give 6w7 over 7w6. For gut type, I'd chance 8, 8w7 due to a hint of expansiveness, novelty, and the only reason I hesitate is that it would give you a strong triple reactive type who is soc-last sx dom to boot, and I am not sure if that is really it. Purely to balance it out, I'll give 469, with the 9 being w8, even if I think 8 over 9 for you. A second choice would be 478 instead.

 

[Earl Grey]

Here's some new ones of mine, somewhat quickly made. I'll come back to analyze others in time:

Edit: If anyone knows how to change the sizing of these, that sort of knowledge would be greatly appreciated... I'm not a fan of blurry collage images

Skipping ahead to you, because I have done yours already and can breeze through these faster, mostly because I think they contain more or less the same messages.
Let's get to it.

There is more neuroticism here and a more pronounced fear of the world expressed here. Almost like hunkering and minimizing self to deal with the indecipherable static white noise of the world. There is a sense of comfort in the upper left, kind of bobbing around alone in your own element, but getting thrown out there into the world? Faceless people, that balloon-head without a body, a feeling of a superficial grip on reality. Can almost give 6, w7 due to that, but I think it's w5 due to the 'trapped in the mind, what is the world? What is socialization?' themes I'm getting.

I am supposed to take things from collage alone, but I'd poke towards an external source: your avatars themselves. The people you use in your avatars, I have a sense of 'hand me downs' and that the items worn are basically 'handed down' to you from the world, almost like you are wearing them simply because you have to. A focus on utility and practicality (giving me 6w5 over 5w6) but barely of self-expression or identity. Almost like you are not quite sure where in this world you belong, so you let the world put the 'clothes' on for you, because that is what the world needs.

The deer and the chickenhead man, I think are representations of you. Out of context, I would have taken it to be the POV of a driving person about to hit a deer, but I think in this picture you are the deer. Caught red-handed in the headlights. There is a sense of vigilance throughout everything, and that and all the above combined is giving me 6 over 9 for you interestingly, despite the allusions to a feeble sense of presence and identity. Phobic 6. Interesting to note is the hands grabbing at the neck almost, and the face of the person being hidden. "The world is too much for me" which speaks more of 5 or 6-esque fear over a sense of no presence and a sense of peace and lightness 9 gives.

There are also feelings of starkness and emptiness- the black and white, high contrast, and the rocks (?) on the lower half of second image. To note is that the waves- waves usually symbolize some kind of movement, dynamism, but yours here seem frozen. Another expression of your inner states, perhaps? A kind of blocked flow. And the 'don't believe everything you think' also reminds me of the certainty-seeking pingponging E6 does, that is a sentence I cannot see an expansive triad or E5 say at all unless the world was ending (E5 has an over-reliance and even overly trust their inner worlds).

Interestingly, there is a lot of water pictured in the images. I feel like they are a representation of your inner state, clear, flexible, flows along and follows. Some kind of valuing of peace and tranquility, that you sadly cannot keep, or cannot reach. A desire for some kind of flow from this blockage, a desire to possess the ability to trust your instincts and just move forward, which does fit the theory that 6 integrates to 9 and the nature of the integration itself. Again, I barely see expansive triad here. The rest is more or less the same.


OVERALL
MBTI: INTP, again. Similar vibes.
Enneagram: 6w5, 9w1, heart is nada for this set. May give low E3 though, there is a focus on competency of sorts, even if difficult to find or achieve (which can be explained by the 3 being so low). 3w4 in particular over w2. Would give you misaligned soc again, with another heavy dose of sp.

Tiny note for you too and others, that Befunky lets you resize on the spot and allows for very custom dimensions via dragging around the collage borders (it also saves in pleasingly high-quality), does not require a sign-in, and is available on both mobile and PC. If you sign up, your saved images carry over devices. If not, you can resize using your own mobile device or good ol MS Paint. If you are an Apple user, then whatever equivalent. Online resizing tools also exist.

(There I go, sounding like a salesman again)

 

[Saturnal Snowqueen]

Thanks [MENTION=35920]Ixaerus[/MENTION]! I saw someone asked why we chose these images. I'm explaining my second one because it's my favorite. Wonder if it affects anything? This is fascinating

Game over: Life is like a game for me, and I have a lot of anxiety, so it's kinda like me crashing. Plus that's my attitude towards manipulative people. And I like video games obviously . I do get competitive when it comes to games
Rain girl 1: She looks like she just got snapped out of her own little world. I'm in my own little world a lot, and I actually find rain peaceful. Melancholic, but peaceful.
Fireflies: I relate to the song a lot, and I'm attracted to the peaceful, fantasy-esque landscape.
Forest: Kinda like rain girl, gloomy but peaceful. Lone wandering. Time for me to think
Cards: I enjoy the mental challenge and friendly competition of playing cards
Cotton Candy: I enjoy the fair. Wacky frieds foods, vendors selling intricate art, and of course the rides. And I didn't even just choose it for the cotton candy. I was drawn to the sneakers too. They remind me of my nervous energy, me pacing around a lot.
Arcade: Represents nostalgia since it reminds me of old-school video games. I sheerly enjoy arcade games, and the colors are relaxing to me. Sure they're bright, but they remind me of the streets lit up at night, cool weather, the night winding down-get what I mean?
Rain girl 2. She just wants some alone time/time with her pets. I like lots of alone time. And I'm drawn to the peaceful city atmosphere
Cherries. They're a flirty fruit. I don't look it, but I can be flirty. It also feels vintage. Reminds me of cherry cola and milkshakes(Yeah, I like history).
Coffee: I enjoy deep conversations at small cafes over tasty coffee
Piano: Music is my escape. It tells a story, helps me think. And I'm drawn to the red, because it's deep. I'm quiet on the outside but full of tension, passion, wonder, a whole bunch of things on the inside

 

[Zhaylin]

My first attempt was on page 65. I successfully got the photos to work on page 66.

Coriolis, I can't view your image. You might have to use imigur (sp) as I had to. Uploading seems to be broken ATM.

 

[Hellena Handbasket]