Famous ISFP

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9.11.2007

Natalie, email,

I identify with Steven Speilberg, Fred Asaire, and Mozart. Speilberg and Mozart because I love to create and Astaire because I love to dance and to perform. (Normally when everyone is watching me I get really really nervous but as soon as I calm myself down and focus just on performing I love it)

And I also Identify with Matt le Blanc who wasn't on the list but is also classified as an isfp because I noticed that he keeps his life pretty private and so do I (except for when I talk about myself in response to internet bulletins haha!).

I love being an isfp. Life is pretty this way. I love seeing the beauty in everything around me and enjoying it.

I love the fact that the combination of introvertedness, sensing, feeling and perceiving leaves me naturally not judgmental because fully accepting people for who they are and seeing the good in them is a wonderful gift to give them.

I love my dominant function of introverted feeling because this leaves me intensely purpose-oriented. By this I mean I get really excited and passionate about projects that will change people's lives for the better. Right now I am impacting my environment in small ways but I plan on impacting society in a much bigger way in the future.

Almost anything creative catches my interest but at the moment painting and drawing are my favorite creative outlets. Here are some of my creations (they’re not that good but I loved doing them!):

sunnyheart
girl
bathroom
art001

I used to feel that I was at somewhat of a disadvantage because extroverts seem to have much more of a natural “social instinct” and navigate quite freely and confidently in the social world but I’ve noticed that the more I go to parties and strike up conversations with classmates and hang out with more and more people I’m beginning to develop a social instinct of my own. I am a human being and we human beings are social creatures. I need people and I know it. And I need time alone and I know it. Getting the perfect balance between the two hits the spot every time.

As an isfp what I love most about myself is my creativity, and my passion for impacting people’s lives. I am blessed to have these gifts and plan on developing/using them to their fullest potential.

8.11.2007 I identify with the creators. I love to paint and draw and play the piano. I could do those things for hours on end.

My childhood years as an isfp were not exactly enjoyable. I felt deeply misunderstood, isolated, and lonely. Not to say that there weren't happy times because there were! Questions like"Why are you so quiet?! Why are you so shy?!" absolutely ticked me off. Why are you so quiet/shy? = What's wrong with you??? Why didn't people understand me? Why couldn't people accept me for who I was? I was confused and angry. In fifth grade I distinctly remember looking at a long columb of A's on my report card until I got down to social skills. I got an F in that of course. It took effort and skill to force myself to even show up to school!

I wish my teacher had understood that. At times highschool was torture. However during my freshmen year I began to develop a closer relationship with God and in different ways he let me know that I was understood, valued, precious, and beautiful. Websites like these only confirm that there are a lot of us isfps out there experiencing the exact same things. Of course nothing is wrong with me or any of us. We're special. We need to be here on earth. One thing that really made me feel good about myself was that God is creative because he created the earth and sky and people and everything beautiful and I love to create just like he does. We help make the world pretty. AND I'm sure our kind, gentle, loyal nature and deep well of caring/love is an immense blessing to those close to us. AND our need to impact people for the better is a beautiful quality that definitely contributes to society even if it is behind the scenes most of the time. That's all I can think of to say. I hope it served the purpose of this website.

6.2.2005 Since I was little (yes, younger than I am now; I am very aware of the fact that I am the only teenager who has responded yet) I always have sought the happiness of other as apossed to myself. I've learned from much pain that ballance is better than complete self sacrifice (in some cases, at least). Most people don't understand this, and thus I have learned to take haven in my head (that remark right there would seem too odd to most other personality types), but when your head has a tendency to be misleading, you're left back in reality; not where you wanted to be in the first place. Sort of puts a different perspective on my balance theory, for then I notice everyone else again. I have had a few councelors with whom I enjoyed conversing immensly, and they always seem to be left with a look of wonder everytime our sessions end. They say that age doesn't really apply to me, and probably never will, (one of them said that this is a trait of an angel or divine spirit; the thought is too complex to gather all possiblities for typing) and I've conected these qualities to my type. Oh, I am rambling, and have reached no real point. Um...sorry, and please excuse my terrible spelling, I would use my dictionary but it's late and I'm lazy. (what that has to do with any of this I have no idea)

-- Breana, age 15, email

3.31.2005 I have found some comfort in reading other people's personalities as an ISFP. I have been on numerous occasions labeled as "arrogant" and "aloof", and usually from people who I deem to be just what they called me. I remember being accused of not seeing the big picture at a former job, when I thought of all people I had a very good grip on the big picture. I always remind people that when they are talking, they are not listening. That's why I know so much about them, and they know so little about me. I like to think I'm like Mozart! I spend three hours straight writing or arranging music for a wind ensemble, yet could never devote that much concentrated energy on anything else.

-- Andrew, age 27

3.13.2005 I'd like to think I'm a Jackie Kennedy type. I have a birthday pretty close to hers and could always understand her need for privacy. Also her need to be in control of her life.

When I was a child I was different never ostrisized, but for seperate. I loved and needed my time alone. I know I'm and intorvert because as much as I love people I need to have solitude to regain my energy. I must have time to contemplate. Just like the discription on this site ISFP as a peacemaker this is very important to me and who I am. I am always striving for peace and harmony in all relationships and even on a universal level see that it is the only respectful way to live.

-- Maureen,age 43

3.08.2005 I identify with both Gauguin and Rodin..both visual artists...to a lesser degree Rodin. I've never done sculpting, but who knows? I am an artist of sorts myself, and find that expressing myself with paint and brushes on canvas is compelling. I think about it all the time, if not actually doing this activity. When I am out for a walk I see the possibilities for a future painting in the small things I notice. When I'm listening to music, it puts me into a certain frame of mind to continue "surfing" a certain inspiration I might have to paint. It is then that I see what I want to paint in 3-D. And I try to depict this sense in a painting.

When I am in a crowd, such as at a party, I see people as having particular "color". This I translate into a "mood" for a painting. I don't make judgements about whether I like this person or that, or if they are attractive-looking or not in the traditional sense. I meet and talk with people as more of an experience..what they can offer me in the way of "fodder" for a painting. I suppose this sounds very self-serving, but it isn't meant that way. Certain personalities trigger certain feelings in me which I immediately begin to ascertain how that affects my senses. I listen very carefully and watch. If I am delighted, then I will paint. I never paint when I am not in a good mood. Perhaps I should try it and see what I come up with..but I really don't think anything would happen on the canvas. Only being in a delighted mood will cause me to paint. It is my motivation.

Being an introvert, means you spend a lot of time with yourself. It can seem to others as being very self-absorbed. There have been times in my life that I have wished to be more of an extrovert...like the majority of the population. Being an introvert is confused with shyness by others. It can occupy the same personality..but not always. They are not the same thing. Because I am quieter, and listen more than I speak, people think this..at first. Reserved may be a more accurate description of me. But even then that is not always so. I can be out-going when I choose..and it IS a choice. I guess we introverts just spend a lot more time looking inward, discovering what makes us tick and why. And we take the opportunity to change what we think about things regularly. I think nothing of it. I do shy away from gatherings like weddings and funerals. I don't know exactly why this is yet. I guess it must be the extreme of emotion exhibited...maybe not. I like situations where people can be comfortable and be themselves. Weddings and funerals are the perfect places where one cannot do this. One must be on good behavior, and is expected to respond in a particular manner. One does tend to run out of patience with it all if it goes on too long. In the workplace, I have an ideal job that fits my introverted personality. I don't need input from any one else to do it. I can, at MY will emerge from my "introverted" state into a more social one when I see the need for it. I don't worry that my co-workers may see me as "stuck-up" when I am quietly going about my job. Although it has taken them longer to assess my personality than it has most others. I quit thinking how I must appear to others any more. I do like people..I just stay out of people's business for the most part...and for this I think people assume I'm just not interested in them. Not true.

-- NR, age 53