sweetinjections
02-17-2009, 12:41 PM
Good Morning All!
It hasn't been very long since I discovered I was an INTJ (a week in fact) and already, in true INTJ fashion, I am question every part of it. Here is something I noticed about myself, and it may or may not be true about other INTJ's.
I enjoy art in all its forms and always believed it has something meaningful to say. I can sit and admire paintings/sketches/statues all day, but have absolutely no artistic capability. My hands are absolutely useless and I can't draw even the simplest of objects.
This led to thinking about how it was that I visualised these objects. It was here that I realised my mind seems to work like a categoriser. The reason why I can't draw is because my mind is too busy assigning properties and making links between other objects with similar properties.
How do I draw my cushion if my mind is more interested in telling me that
1) it's fabric is similar to the carpet's
2) its size makes it about right to place on my lounge chair (which I was studying earlier).
3) It's harder than most cushions, so the next time I have to put a chair on my bed to change the bulb, I can use the cushion as an intermediate so as to not damage the bed.
4) If my friends are sleeping over, I can let them sleep on my bed and use this, together with a softer cushion and sleep on the sofa.
If all you see is possibilities, the immediate seems irrelevant, and in my case, undrawable (may or may not be a word ;)).
I know this chain of thought is highly useful in strategic planning and gives one a sort of foresight, but it is not helping my drawing!
Does anyone else experience this, or am I just hopeless?
It hasn't been very long since I discovered I was an INTJ (a week in fact) and already, in true INTJ fashion, I am question every part of it. Here is something I noticed about myself, and it may or may not be true about other INTJ's.
I enjoy art in all its forms and always believed it has something meaningful to say. I can sit and admire paintings/sketches/statues all day, but have absolutely no artistic capability. My hands are absolutely useless and I can't draw even the simplest of objects.
This led to thinking about how it was that I visualised these objects. It was here that I realised my mind seems to work like a categoriser. The reason why I can't draw is because my mind is too busy assigning properties and making links between other objects with similar properties.
How do I draw my cushion if my mind is more interested in telling me that
1) it's fabric is similar to the carpet's
2) its size makes it about right to place on my lounge chair (which I was studying earlier).
3) It's harder than most cushions, so the next time I have to put a chair on my bed to change the bulb, I can use the cushion as an intermediate so as to not damage the bed.
4) If my friends are sleeping over, I can let them sleep on my bed and use this, together with a softer cushion and sleep on the sofa.
If all you see is possibilities, the immediate seems irrelevant, and in my case, undrawable (may or may not be a word ;)).
I know this chain of thought is highly useful in strategic planning and gives one a sort of foresight, but it is not helping my drawing!
Does anyone else experience this, or am I just hopeless?