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: : Dear Becky : : Thank you: this more or less tallies with my assessment of being a 4/5 or 5/4 hybrid. And your self-accusations about being vague are unjustified. : Well, thank you. Coming from someone who works closely with language--I'm flattered. : : Being an enneagram novice and not an initiate, : (ditto) : :I'm still not quite au fait with such recondite notions as "wings". As you state that you feel ambiguously about them, I'd be glad if you could elaborate on your perspective. : Sure. To put it simply, I feel that any combination of types is feasible for a primary/secondary arrangement. Couldn't you imagine meeting a 9w2 or an 8w3 or a 1w6 (to name a few)? I can. : : Although my test results suggest that I'm predominantly 4 (secondary trait 5), I have a passionate commitment to ideas, : I don't see where the "although" fits in. I think that a 4w5 is the perfect candidate for someone "passionate about ideas." Care to clarify your line of thought? : : and see my "fourness" embedded in a desire to effect a creative symbiosis of concepts and theories, where no apparent connection or compatibility is thought to exist. : I hear you loud and clear! If I can see one little connection such as those you describe, I grab hold and run with it. :) : This is how many of my poems are initiated. : : I'm a translator/copywriter/linguist by profession (although this doesn't represent "pursuit of bliss")with my specialisms tending to lie on the more creative side, where you are granted more "licence" to make a text your "own" (within reason). : Ah. I know what you mean about the creative end of things. : Going back to poetry, if you will: I put a lot of effort into making it an "interesting" read while still communicating the same ideas. If I had been compelled to write them verbatim as they occur in my thoughts, I would have given up the pursuit long ago after becoming discouraged by previous atrocities...er, attempts. : : Financial liabilities notwithstanding, I'd ultimately like to pursue an academic career in the Arts/Humanities, but even this comes with potentially lethal snags attached, as individual creativity is often stifled or funneled into a self-consciously academic pigeonhole. : You think so? : Yes, maybe concentrating *too* much on art academically can stifle a person. If it's not too late, I suggest a liberal-arts education with an emphasis/major on your current interests. This way you (and your art) can be more well-rounded and the knowledge you have gained can be applied anywhere, anyhow, you choose. : So what is your history education-wise up to now? : Ciao, : Becky

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