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Sandra Bullock, ENFP*, actress, voted "most likely to brighten your day" in high school. "Sometimes I'm all over the place. But I'm incredibly loyal, and I don't like it when somebody puts me in a box. Don't say, 'Oh, she's great, but if I can just calm her down a bit...'
"I once met an old cowboy. His wife was a free spirit and he was very steady. They'd been married for 40 years. I asked him how it worked. He said, 'Well, my dad always told me, `You have a wild pony, don't put up a fence. Just leave a light on at home. If she's happy, she'll always come home.'
"Same with me: Don't corral me and I'll always come home. Always. Just let me go out and play during the day. When I'm exhausted, I'll come back."
(Source: Playboy, Sept. 1995.) -- from Temperament Quotes page by Teresa Gallagher
* ENFP -- for more on Jungian / MBTI temperament typing :Temperament Definitions page on Teresa Gallagher's site --
and on page on this site - giftedness: characteristics
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excerpts from Temperament Quotes by Teresa Gallagher ENTP, ENFP, INFP, and INTP: These are the easily the most common temperaments on the internet for adults who say they are ADD, although they make up a total of less than 10 percent of the general population...
Though very different from each other, all four temperaments are defined in part by the potent combination of conceptual and divergent thinking preferences. There is something about this combination which just seems to make people lose their car keys - and love the Internet.
All four temperaments are considered very creative and as adults they are very often idealistic and on the lookout for ways to improve the world. They are fiercely individualistic and independent (stubborn?), even as children, which can make things difficult for parents.
"At their best, ENTPs are ingenious and capable problem solvers. They have enormous energy to change the world for the better, driven by an innate sense of fairness and an ability to see past the obvious to the novel."
example: Ted Turner"At their best, INTPs are independent and original people. They can be ingenious problem solvers and superlogical analysts of everything. Creative thinkers, they are capable of understanding and synthesizing complex and technical information with almost no effort." example: Albert Einstein
"At their best, ENFPs are clever, warm, responsive, and imaginative people. When we parents can have the courage to turn our backs a bit on society's conventions and instead stand by our ENFPs -- in all their occasional quirkiness -- we send a loud and clear message of unconditional love that lasts a lifetime... Allowed to dance to their own spirited and unique beat, they grow up to be independent, confident originals, with a multitude of talents and a resilience to overcome obstacles." example: Sandra Bullock
"At their best, INFPs are deeply faithful and compassionate people with strong convictions and great empathy. They are creative, visionary, and inspired problem solvers and original and alternative thinkers."
example:Ann Morrow Lindbergh<< more on Jungian/MBTI temperament typing on Temperament Definitions page on Teresa Gallagher's site
related books : Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence by David Keirsey
People Patterns: A Modern Guide to the Four Temperaments -- by Stephen Montgomery, PhD
Citing dozens of characters from popular books, movies, and TV --from Harry Potter and The Wizard of Oz to Sex and the City and Star Trek -- Dr. Montgomery brings alive the four basic "people patterns" that hold the key to personality types. Features a new short-form personality test (the "Shorter Sorter") and easy-to-read portraits of the Sixteen Types.[summary from Keirsey Temperament and Character website]
articles:* Analysis of MBTI type patterns in college scholars - by Wendy A. Folger
In this study, the MBTI was administered to recipients of competitive scholarships (full tuition, room, board, and stipend) awarded to the brightest incoming freshmen at Central Michigan University (based on GPA, essay and interviews). The purpose was to assess where Thinking is expressed in the personalities of gifted and talented college students. A five year population of Centralis Scholars, N=93, was examined to see if and how it might differ from the CAPT Reference group, N= 28356. Fifty seven percent of the scholars had results with Thinking evenly split between being in the Inferior and Tertiary. The remaining scholars (43%) had thinking in their Dominate or Auxiliary. The results suggest that logic may be in the unconscious of gifted and talented individuals, which tends to defy conventional wisdom.The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and talented adolescents - by Jane Piirto, Ph.D. (ENTP)
The MBTI was administered to 226 tenth and eleventh graders who qualified as gifted and talented. Sixty teachers of the talented and 25 elementary and high school teachers were also administered the MBTI. Talented teens preferred ENFP. Gender differences were calculated as well among artistic youth and academically talented youth. Male artistic youth preferred F and academic females preferred T. Teachers of the talented preferred ENFJ. Other teachers preferred ESFJ. Implications for teaching these students are discussed.~ ~ ~ ~
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When you are 11, 12, 13, you are trying to gain a sense of identity. But when you're a prodigy,
you're constantly being told what your identity is, and you are put in a position of being someone
who can do no wrong. At the same time, you are told that being a prodigy is not so positive." ...Looking back now on her early years, Midori expresses neither bitterness nor regret.
"As my brother says, 'Without pain there is no pleasure, and without pleasure there is no pain.'
Without both sides you don't become a balanced being; you can't really be who you are right now
without having those experiences." ... "For me, being a prodigy was good at times, and bad at times.
But it all becomes very neutral." ///"I am exploring and experimenting with my own self, and that comes out in the music.
I'm facing up to myself as I play. That's very challenging." violinist Midori [LA Times 1.8.01]<< Midori Live at Carnegie Hall [audio CD]
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| In American society, wimmin are novelties. Objects. A body part. Something to use for convenience. Wimmin need to learn that power is not given, we have to take it. ... You need to break free of your own stereotypes. No one can save you from your oppression except yourself. GIRLS UNITE! Misty |
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Ericka Babydoll and Misty |
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strands of her hair blew gently into her lashes. She swept them away hastily
and smiled shyly at me. I was immediately charmed. I secretly wanted for
her to tilt her head back for me to feel how soft and silky her hair was
as she would run it down the front of my naked body.
I couldn't think of anything or anyone else who could bring such natural pleasure." Shelly Bonoan, 18, Oahu, Hawaii |
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who act upon their desires are then faced with a decision.
Do they "come out" and tell their family and friends, or remain isolated in their own knowingness.? Hillary Carlip *related page:**sexuality : teen/young adult |
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Hillary Carlip. Girl Power : Young Women Speak Out! related sites:***Girl Power: site for the book* *Young Girl Writers |
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It's well documented that a girl looses her confidence and voice at the onset of adolescence and my own findings through the photographic work were consistent with those of my research. I believe this is true because the state of the modern girl is one which requires her to sort through numerous mixed messages while still searching for her own identity. It's difficult for a girl to strive to achieve academically when she's mostly valued for her looks, possibly receiving unequal academic support compared to her male peers. It's even more difficult for a girl to feel good about herself when she's bombarded with messages from the media, telling her she'll never be pretty or sexy enough. It's my goal with this work to capture the subtleties of this age and to give the girls a visual presence that may not otherwise be seen. I also hope to enter into this new territory with the girls to capture all of the difficulties and discoveries in their approaching adolescent lives. photo and artist statement from Ellie Brown site
- she is a featured student artist at Women in photography International
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Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self & Soul -
by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Daniel C. Dennett
In some ways, the questions posed and bantered about in this book are at the heart of all philosophical reasoning. They are the ultimate questions about the self... "Who am I?" Between the covers of this book one encounters the literary erudition of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges alongside the analytic rigor of John Searle. There are sophisticated metaphorical pieces (such as "The Princess Ineffabelle" by Polish philosopher and writer Stanislaw Lem), intriguing dialogues (like Raymond Smullyan's "Is God a Taoist?"), and serious but engaging philosophical essays from a host of thinkers (see Thomas Nagel's "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?"). ... The book closes with a playful and perplexing piece by Robert Nozick, an adequate summation to The Mind's I. He writes, "Perhaps God has not decided yet whether he has created, in this world, a fictional world or a real one... Which decision do you hope for?" .. [Eric de Place / Amazon.com] |
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Just a quick note...I am reading the book, "The Joy Luck Club" for school
and I thought this was a great excerpt from it. Here goes,"I wiped my eyes and looked in the mirror. I was surprised at what I saw.
I had on a beautiful red dress, but what I saw was even more valuable.
I was strong. I was pure. I had genuine thoughts inside me that no one
could see, that no one could ever take away from me."Now, this might be meaningless to anyone who hasn't read the book...
but she is really saying that, even if the outside is pretty, what is truly beautiful
is what is INSIDE. She saw purity, and strength.And no one can ever take those things away from her. When i read this,
I felt uplifted. So i thought i would share this with you guys....hope I'm not
too confusing. hehe:) xoxo Amandafrom "Letter From Amanda" on official site of Amanda Bynes
***The Joy Luck Club****
**video:**The Joy Luck Club
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**Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many
Uneasy Lessons - by Lynn PerilPink Think is a set of ideas and attitudes about what constitutes proper female behavior; a groupthink that was adhered to, consciously or not, by advice writers, toy manufacturers, experts in many walks of life, and the public at large, particularly during the years spanning the mid-20th-century.
Pink think assumes there is a standard of behavior to which all women, no matter their age, race, or body type, must aspire.
'Femininity' is sometimes used as a code word for this mythical standard, which suggests that women and girls are always gentle, soft, delicate, nurturing beings made of 'sugar and spice and everything nice.'
But pink think is more than a stereotyped vision of girls and women as poor drivers who are afraid of mice and snakes, adore babies and small dogs, talk incessantly on the phone, and are incapable of keeping secrets. [from Pink Think site] 
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"The reason you become an actor is very private. It's very much inside you, and when you start, you don't even know why. It is in being an actor that you understand why you are an actor, and why you want to be somebody else time and time again. ... Maybe because you think that you need to be loved by people. Maybe it is not enough to be loved by yourself; you need more life. ... I also think that I am inside the character, so, in fact, it is looking for yourself, searching for yourself."
Jean Reno [Interview mag. Oct. 2001]
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When I was 15 I went to college half a day while I went to high school, and I tutored algebra to other kids in my high school. So I never got to be on a peer level relationship with the kids I went to school with. I was like, you know, that weird girl. I cannot believe I did not know that I was a pretty girl. I was so insecure and so intimidated and so introverted."Sharon Stone [Toronto Sun, Feb.15.96]
*related page:** introversion / shyness
At first I felt that I couldn't think of myself as a writer until I had published a book. But when I published my first book, How the World Can Be the Way It Is, I still didn't feel like a writer, although I didn't know what a writer was supposed to feel like. I thought, "Well, probably I have to publish a second book, because to really be a writer you have to be able to do it again." Then I published a second book, and I still didn't feel like a writer. So I've given up on that.
I would just say, whatever you are, just be that and express that totally and freely. It isn't for us to determine it ahead of time, or to try to force ourselves into some particular idea we might have. I think it's for each one of us to find our own way, to find our own expression, to find how we can best express ourselves. You don’t have to follow in anybody’s footsteps or imitate anyone else. Just realize your own voice, your own mind, and express that.
from article: Zen Mind, Writer's Mind - A symposium with authors Natalie Goldberg and Steve Hagen. / photo from nataliegoldberg.com
**Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft by Natalie Goldberg
And yet being considered a kind of a tough character, so the jocks didn't know what to do with me.And I was good in sports, so I loved testing all the limits and playing with the social norms... usually our strength
is also our weakness. We have to try and get what's on the other side of the river of that -- the part that we're
not so good at.We have to know how to survive and thrive on the other side of the river. Not just stay where it's comfortable.
Aidan Quinn ... [Interview, Nov 1990]
*related page:**early life
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"I wrote to this one teen who invited the whole school to her birthday party,
and no one came. I told her we're all geeks, all scared we'll be found out as frauds."Leslie Bibb
(about a fan of her character 'Brooke McQueen' on "Popular") [Parade, 7.16.00]*related page:**impostor feelings~ ~ ~ ~
You don't get to see young women on film as rulers, ever. I don't think there's ever been
someone who's that young as a queen and I think that's so wonderful, because young girls don't have that kind of role model in their lives...Girls [lose] a lot of confidence in themselves as they grow up. They become much more worried about their looks than their intelligence or their personalities or their kindness or their souls."
Natalie Portman **(about playing Queen Amidala in 'Star Wars') [TV Guide, 05.20.99]
*related page:**role models
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Playing In The MUDS" by Dr. Sherry Turkle, M.I.T. [excerpt] Engagement with computational technology facilitates a series of "second chances" for adults to work and rework unresolved personal issues and more generally, to think through questions about the nature of self, including questions about definitions of life, intentionality, and intelligence... Players [in virtual game environments] are seen as leaving their "real" lives and problems behind to lose themselves in the game space. ... Such blurring of boundaries between role and self present new opportunities to use the role to work on the self. As one experienced player put it, "you are the character and you are not the character both at the same time." |
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"you are who you pretend to be". This ambiguity contributes to the games'
ability to be in which to address issues of identity and intimacy. ...
Mudding is no more "addictive" than therapy when it works as a pathway to psychological growth..." Sherry Turkle, PhD is a professor of the Sociology of Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a licensed clinical psychologist, holding a joint Ph.D. in Personality Psychology and Sociology from Harvard University. 'Firiona Vie' from cover of role-playing game EverQuest excerpt from the book: Sara Kiesler. Culture of the Internet book by Sherry Turkle: Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet |
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**articles :
The Gifted Identity Formation Model by Andrew S. Mahoney M.S.,L.P.C., L.M.F.T.
Knowing one's giftedness and having a well-developed sense of identity as a gifted person are crucial for the development of the self. Many gifted people struggle with their giftedness, what it means to be gifted and how to develop that potential because there are few models available to assist in the identity development and counseling of gifted people.Is It A Cheetah? by Stephanie S. Tolan, M.A.
'It's a tough time to raise, teach or be a highly gifted child. ... The child who does well in school,
gets good grades, wins awards and "performs" beyond the norms for his or her age is considered talented.
The child who does not, no matter what his or her innate intellectual capacities or developmental level,
is less and less likely to be identified, less and less to be served.'It's All About Identity by Andrew S. Mahoney, M.S., L.P.C., L.M.F.T.
In my counseling practice, I work almost exclusively with gifted and talented people. ... I have become
increasingly aware of how far our society has to go to provide gifted people affirmation and validation
of their existence. At best, we are benign, if not in total denial of giftedness."--
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