Artistic Personality Type

I hope that the Artistic Personality Type becomes part of the Creative Commons.

The idealized image of the Artistic personality type describes persons

Definition, Synonyms, Analogous

Definition: Governed by or accomplished according to conscience, scrupulous; thorough and painstaking.

"Conscience: 1. The faculty of recognizing the distinction between right and wrong in regard to one's own conduct. 2. Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct" (AHD)

Synonyms: careful, honest, honorable, just, meticulous, punctilious, punctual, scrupulous, upright (MW, pp. 127, 179).

Analogous: accurate, cautious, circumspect, deliberate, ethical, exact, fastidious, finicky, foresighted, moral, nice, particular, precise, provident, prudent, punctilious, righteous, rigid, strict, studied, virtuous, wary (ibid).

Character Strengths and Virtues

Attributes of the idealized self

1. Creativity, Originality, Humorousness, Wittiness.
2. Energy, Diligence, Studiousness, Attentiveness, Persistence, Perseverance, Purposefulness, Resoluteness, Zealousness, Enthusiasm; Dutifulness, Honorableness; Vigilance, Alertness, Sensibility, Intelligence, Resourcefulness, Wisdom; Firmness, Tenacity, Independence.
3. Refinement, Magnificence.
4. Generosity, Liberality, Courtesy, Graciousness; Charity, Kindness, Affability, Empathy, Sensitivity, Concern, Friendliness; Tenderness, Agreeableness, Fraternity.
5. Sincerity, Straightforwardness, Integrity, Justice, Fairness.
6. Confidence, Self-Esteem, Hope, Cheerfulness, Joyfulness, Sociability.
7. Naturalness.

Traits and Behaviors

1. Mood swings. Those of the Artistic temperament tend to experience a greater range of emotion than those of any other type. They are very emotionally reactive.
   
   
2. Artistic inclinations. The Artistic type is the most inclined of all the types to be involved with the fine arts, music, or literature (Keirsey, 204). They take an artistic approach to all aspects of their lives.
   
   
3. Independent work. Like "the majority of poets, novelists, composers, and to a lesser extent, of painters and sculptors," those of the Artistic type "are bound to spend a great deal of their time alone (Storr, ix)."
   
   
4. Relationships secondary. Those of the Artistic temperament "are quite likely to choose relationships which will further their work rather than relationships which are intrinsically rewarding, and their spouses may well find that marital relations take second place (Storr, 107)."
   
   
5. Great productivity. Persons of the Artistic type are highly disciplined, gifted with superior powers of concentration, and capable of producing great quantities of high quality work; they also enjoy frequent periods of recreation and inactivity.
   
   
6. Disinhibition. They are hedonistic and impulsive; "they live Epicurean lives in the here and now, and as gracefully as possible (Keirsey, 204)."
   
   
7. Keen perceptions. The Artistic temperament is especially attuned to color, line, texture, shading - touch, motion, seeing, and hearing in harmony. The senses of Artistic individuals seem more keenly tuned than those of others (Keirsey, 205).
   
   
8. Kindness (Keirsey, 205). Although those of the Artistic type may adopt an aggressive, tough exterior, they are remarkably gentle, kind, and generous.
   
   
9. Extroversion and introversion. The interpersonal conduct of those of the Artistic type alternates between the greatest extremes of sociability and social reticence.
   
   
10. Love of nature. In many individuals of the Artistic type there "may be found an instinctive longing for the natural, the pastoral, the bucolic. They are quite at home in the wilds, and nature seems to welcome them (Keirsey, 206)."

Passions

Desires/Pleasures

Excessive attachments to limited goods.

"His idealized image, chiefly, is a glorification of the needs which have developed" (Horney, 1950, pg. 277).

"immediate physical pleasure (good food, drink, sex, etc.)" (Miles); "heightened emotional intensity (love, risk, danger, art, conquest, etc.)" (ibid); a thing, experience, or activity that "helps one develop and/or reaffirm a realistically based self-control" (ibid); creativity, skill, know-how, art, expertise, dignity, distance, freedom, passion, leadership ability, energy, drive, optimism, lack of inhibition, heightened mood, self-confidence, decreased need for sleep, irritability, aggressive behavior, increased physical and mental activity, rapid speech and thinking, impulsiveness, adventurous behavior in spending, business, driving, and sexual relations.

Fears/Pains

Excessive aversions to limited evils

lack of creativity, lack of passion, lack of leadership ability, lack of energy, lack of drive, pessimism, inhibition, depressed mood, lack of self-confidence, markedly diminished interest or pleasure in almost all activities, significant changes in appetite or sleep patterns, lack of motivation, lethargy, feelings of guilt or unworthiness, lack of concentration, indecisiveness, slowing speech, thought, and body movement, physical agitation and restlessness.

Beliefs

Ego Defense Mechanisms

Self-glorification requires deception.

Self

Emotions

Work

Management Style

Careers

Self-Control

Real World

Relationships

Parenting

Good/Bad Matches

Good

• Dramatic
• Adventurous
• Serious
• Sensitive
• Devoted
• Self-Sacrificing
• Conscientious

Bad

• Self-Confident
• Aggressive
• Vigilant

Possible

• Leisurely

Self-Improvement

Areas that may need improvement

Other Areas of interest

Disorder

Cyclothymic Personality Disorder

Noteworthy Examples

Honore de Balzac, Ludwig van Beethoven, Dick Butkus, Lord George Gordon Byron, Sir Winston Churchill, Rosemary Clooney, Francis Ford Coppola, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Patty Duke, Amelia Earhart, T.S. Eliot, Larry Flynt, St. Francis of Assisi, Vincent van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway, Kay Redfield Jamison, Vince Lombardi, Malcolm Lowry, Jay Marvin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rembrandt van Rijn, Theodore Roosevelt, Jonathan Winters.

References

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (1981, c.1969). William Morris, Ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Aaron T. Beck, Arthur Freeman, and Associates (1990). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders. New York : Guilford Press.

Aaron T. Beck, Arthur Freeman, Denise D. Davis, (2004). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders. 2nd. edition. New York: Guilford.

Keirsey, David, and Marilyn Bates. Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types. 3rd ed. Del Mar: Prometheus Nemesis, 1978.

Merriam-Webster (1984). Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

John M. Oldham and Lois B. Morris (1995). The New Personality Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do. New York: Bantam.

Storr, Anthony. Solitude: a return to the self. New York: Ballantine, 1988.

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