INFJ

Yep. I'm an INFJ. Having taken the test multiple times before, I knew what I was going to get. I found it very interesting that the smallest group, population-wise, was the largest group in the class. But maybe that's quite common since art is something an introverted person can be comfortable doing.

INFJs tend to be the listeners. They're called the counselor, and many end up in public service roles. INFJs often have a small circle of really close friends and like to have structure. While reading the descriptions of INFJs I found myself nodding my head a lot. I definitely fit in with that group. I have very few people I talk to when I'm upset, even though lots of people talk to me. I especially liked one website which was talking about the Intuition part; the author stated that INFJs often just know things. We can't explain why we know, we just do. And that INFJs are usually right, and they know it. Gonna have to remember that one.

When I draw, I almost always decide what I want my drawing to look like before I start. I like doing small studies to get warmed up, and then start. I wish I could say this meant that my drawings always turned out exactly how I wanted them to. All this planning, I think, sometimes gets in the way of the drawing just becoming what it wants. I very rarely just start drawing, and sometimes I wish I could just let go and do that, even if I'm drawing from a photograph I took. I also think that I choose to draw things that don't have tons of detail because I like things that are straightforward and don't need lots of explaining. It is what it is, and that's fine.

This leads into my role in critiques. I don't like analyzing drawings. I don't like picking them apart and finding meaning where the artist might not have even intended. Maybe the artist chose those colors because they liked them, and that's that. (It's often what I do). I like taking art at face value. While I may come to my own conclusions, I like to keep them to myself for the most part. INFJs tend to care a lot about how others feel, and I know I do, and I wouldn't want to hurt someone, or make them feel like they failed, because I see something totally different than what they meant. I suppose this means I need to start blogging about the other drawings, or commenting on posts because I prefer to think what I say through, and seeing it typed out helps. Here I go planning ahead again.

All that was very interesting, but what interested me more was how I got turned out to be an INFJ. So, I asked my parents and my sister to take the test.

Mom was an ESFJ with the numbers E: 33, S: 25, F: 25, J: 67.
Dad was an ESFP with the numbers E: 89, S: 38, F: 50, P: 22.
Sister was ESTJ with the numbers unknown.

My mom loves a strict schedule. Deadlines are deadlines and she likes to have a plan for each day when we go on vacations. My sister and I are also Js, however we don't need to constantly have a plan. Interesting mix between our parents. Other than that.. I guess that doesn't help me figure out why I'm an INFJ. I'm the odd one out, apparently. Maybe it's because they're all pretty out-going so I balance the bunch. Wonder what the cat would be.