I'm an INTP girl, and what a relief it was to find you guys! I thought I was alone

[LaudaGirl]

Hey guys, this is my first thread so be kind, if at all possible. So a little about me, I'm a 28 INTP girl. I was first tested in a college psychology class 10 years ago and I scored as a pretty solid INTP. When I got a 10 page spread of my personality type back, I was amused at the INTP type description and so I kept the paper thinking it was pretty cool that I possibly had the same personality type as Einstein and thought nothing more of it. After ten years of maturity, going back and rereading and retesting and really thinking a whole lot (everying minute of every second of every day), the INTP description was an absolute revelation. I always wondered why I was surrounded by a bunch of irrationally emotional people and wondered why that made me so uncomfortable and why I've always seen the world in such a neat logical way, even as a very small child. I've got the classic INTP traits: the shameless Wikipedia addiction, the constant need to read and/or learn about everything, the indecisiveness, the polite reserve, the quiet akwardness, the giant lonely streak, the dark and very sharp sense of humor, and the ability to lash out at someone verbally like a pit viper when I'm angered or really, really bored. So anyways, I've been lurking around this forum for a few weeks now and its been absolutely hysterical and slightly eerie reading everyone's posts. I'd love to talk, but mostly argue, about absolutely anything with some other INTPs. Thanks!

 

[Sparrow]

INTP girls rock. *HUGS

 

[Crazythinker1]

Greetings and welcome.

 

[Adymus]

I'd love to talk, but mostly argue, about absolutely anything with some other INTPs. Thanks!

BRING IT ONNNN!!!!!11

 

[Anling]

Welcome to the forum.

I'll enjoy reading your arguments, but you probably won't see to much from me.

 

[Auburn]

See, what I don't understand is that most INTPs that introduce themselves here start off by describing how they developed a sort of "Screw the world and it's irrationality" mentality growing up, where they embraced their differences and sorta knew they were the right ones all along - thus naturally rejected the world in place of their own views.

For me, I sorta thought and believed that I was the problem. I didn't develop confidence in my differences but tried to normalize myself instead. I suspected all along that perhaps I was really right, but the outside world always told me otherwise. I envy those INTPs who were able to develop self-confidence in their nature..

((this is my secret way of saying hi, welcome ^^; and that i admire your confidence.))

 

[Double-Think]

I'm a 28 INTP girl

Congratulations on being one of the most coolest persons on the face of this planet. INTP girls are a gift to humanity

 

[Alice?]

For me, I sorta thought and believed that I was the problem. I didn't develop confidence in my differences but tried to normalize myself instead. I suspected all along that perhaps I was really right, but the outside world always told me otherwise. I envy those INTPs who were able to develop self-confidence in their nature..

((this is my secret way of saying hi, welcome ^^; and that i admire your confidence.))

Exactly. Even when I was younger, I noticed that I just never quite clicked with anyone else in the same way that they clicked with each other. By the time I reached my teen years, I began to think that maybe there was something wrong with me (still debatable) and so I started to change how I acted to keep from standing out. Though, in the past couple of months, I have started to come more to terms with who I am. By no means am I confident in my nature yet, but I'm slowly developing a solid foundation upon which to build this confidence.
Finding this place has helped me realize that there are others out there who share not only some of my problems, but some of my quirks and interests.

To the OP, I hope you get the same benefits out of this place that I have so far. Enjoy.
(And I normally don't participate in arguments, but I'm all in for discussions! )

 

[Melllvar]

You mean there are INTP girls!? This just keeps getting better!

Jokes aside, I'm new here too, so welcome!

the shameless Wikipedia addiction

It is wonderful isn't it? Slashdot and Physorg complete the triad... every morning when I wake up the first thing I do is check them (and a few others) for updates, then the next thing I know 5 hours have passed (no exaggeration).

 

[shoeless]

your avatar is just one big win sandwich.

welcome to the forum. i love you.

 

[Jennywocky]

Welcome to the fold, honeybun... glad you made it.
(ps. Don't scare the natives too much. But I know you can take 'em!)

Yes, it's funny how much "clicks" when you finally read a description of yourself and realize you're not out of place at all, regardless of how the rest of the world tries to leave us feeling sometimes. It's quite the revelation.

 

[Irishpenguin]

Yup, this place is great. And now your are officially on the list of INTPs that I would have to hug.......pretty sweet, eh? You most likely won't get what I just said, but it's cool, cause no matter what, I'm still gonna plant one of these bad boys right on you're chest.

Spoiler

Congratulations on being one of the most coolest persons on the face of this planet. INTP girls are a gift to humanity

So which one would be you up there DT? Are you the one to the left, maybe the right, or no, even better. You're the king and you have a master plan to rule all the INTP women!!....... Pretty sneaky there DT, I'll be watching you

 

[Auburn]

@ Alice ...I'm slowly rebuilding my confidence as well - redefining who I am on my own terms. It's quite a long process but also fascinating. One thing I've learned is that it also requires the help of others who can validate you and support your grown and actualization. I wish you luck on this journey.


((*gives the thread back to LaudaGirl* lol, sorry about that))

 

[Himself]

I've got the classic INTP traits: the shameless Wikipedia addiction, the constant need to read and/or learn about everything, the indecisiveness, the polite reserve, the quiet akwardness, the giant lonely streak, the dark and very sharp sense of humor, and the ability to lash out at someone verbally like a pit viper when I'm angered or really, really bored. So anyways, I've been lurking around this forum for a few weeks now and its been absolutely hysterical and slightly eerie reading everyone's posts. I'd love to talk, but mostly argue, about absolutely anything with some other INTPs. Thanks!

Not surprisingly, I can relate 100% to this. Piggybacking off Alice?'s posts, I'm glad you learned to accept your (totally awesome) traits for what they are. (Rebellion is the only proper answer to isolation! ) I look forward to your future contributions. Welcome!

 

[RubberDucky451]

Hope to see your around the forums!

Welcome

 

[Cognisant]

Heh, well aren’t you popular.

Welcome to the forum
If you decide to stay I suspect you'll quickly become an asset to this community.

Edit: Oh, that LaudaGirl, lol.

 

[Words]

Rationality, "sound" reasoning, and logic are all subjective. Can you really read people? Do you really understand them? Is consistency enough to prove theory? What of them humans' possible hidden intentions? You can't trust your judgment too much. You have to wait. Be careful.

 

[EditorOne]

Welcome aboard and imagine, if you will, the plight of those of us old enough to have been INTP before INTP was invented.... what a revelation! It isn't a disability! I'm not deformed! I'm supposed to be this way!

 

[y4r5xeym5]

Welcome! Hope you stick around.

I find it amusing that so many people "love you" already. Silly INTPs and your hormones. She's just a girl, not some golden mistress from the heavens. Besides, girls have cooties anyway. Scientific FACT.

 

[Cognisant]

I find it amusing that so many people "love you" already. Silly INTPs and your hormones.

Apparently 28 is the median age of the INTP male.

Ha ha, you old farts.

I'm still young and virile
...
Remember kiddies, it's funny *happy face* because it's wrong *deadpan glare*
and no that does not mean it's okay to do wrong if it's funny.

Do as I say, not as I do, you little shits.

 

[Architectonic]

You are still alone. We are a figment of your imagination.

 

[BigApplePi]

LaudaGirl. Any threads here that turn you on? Well ... or anything less than that? As you may see here, INTPs are very glad to have company as that is not the norm in the outside world.

Hey guys, this is my first thread so be kind, if at all possible. So a little about me, I'm a 28 INTP girl. I was first tested in a college psychology class 10 years ago and I scored as a pretty solid INTP. When I got a 10 page spread of my personality type back, I was amused at the INTP type description and so I kept the paper thinking it was pretty cool that I possibly had the same personality type as Einstein and thought nothing more of it. After ten years of maturity, going back and rereading and retesting and really thinking a whole lot (everying minute of every second of every day), the INTP description was an absolute revelation. I always wondered why I was surrounded by a bunch of irrationally emotional people and wondered why that made me so uncomfortable and why I've always seen the world in such a neat logical way, even as a very small child. I've got the classic INTP traits: the shameless Wikipedia addiction, the constant need to read and/or learn about everything, the indecisiveness, the polite reserve, the quiet akwardness, the giant lonely streak, the dark and very sharp sense of humor, and the ability to lash out at someone verbally like a pit viper when I'm angered or really, really bored. So anyways, I've been lurking around this forum for a few weeks now and its been absolutely hysterical and slightly eerie reading everyone's posts. I'd love to talk, but mostly argue, about absolutely anything with some other INTPs. Thanks!

 

[LaudaGirl]

LaudaGirl. Any threads here that turn you on? Well ... or anything less than that? As you may see here, INTPs are very glad to have company as that is not the norm in the outside world.

I haven't devled too deeply into the forum yet but so far I seem to gravitate towards any thread that explores similar INTP traits or deeper explanations of why we have inferior Fe and totally awesome Ti. I'd like to try and learn more about the theory of Extraverted Intuition and how we can make it work for us.

Thanks to everybody for being so nice and welcoming. I look forward to getting to know everbody and prove just how sweet and loving I can be while still being my sarcastic, weird, and tactless self without feeling so weird. If that makes any sense.

And just a little more about me - I passionately love books, I'm a classical pianist, very lazy, and interested in science, agriculture, traveling, history, and all kinds of music. I'm tall, pale, and have long blonde hair and two different colored eyes and tend to smile a great deal whether I mean it or not. If anyone shares interests and feels like hitting me up on the forum, please please, please do!

 

[cheese]

Ooh, classical pianist. Tell us more.

 

[LaudaGirl]

Hey Cheese, we finally meet. You've been making me laugh for about 2 weeks now. I've been playing the piano for about 17 years. I was forced into lessons as a little kid and just sort of kept going. I've been told a I express a great deal of emotion and people tend to cry alot when I play, which is weird cause I never feel a thing. I'm working on the piano solo version of Liszt's Totentanz and Beethovin's 3rd movement of the Appassionata Sonata if that means anything to you. Do you play any instruments?

 

[y4r5xeym5]

Do as I say, not as I do, you little shits.

Ain't that the truth...

 

[EditorOne]

"She's just a girl, not some golden mistress from the heavens."

Wrong, she's tall, pale, blonde and with two different color eyes and SHE LIKES BOOKS. She is a goddess.

 

[y4r5xeym5]

Point taken...hmm...

 

[Adymus]

Hey Cheese, we finally meet. You've been making me laugh for about 2 weeks now. I've been playing the piano for about 17 years. I was forced into lessons as a little kid and just sort of kept going. I've been told a I express a great deal of emotion and people tend to cry alot when I play, which is weird cause I never feel a thing. I'm working on the piano solo version of Liszt's Totentanz and Beethovin's 3rd movement of the Appassionata Sonata if that means anything to you. Do you play any instruments?

Ahahaha, you too!?

Somebody told me something like that when listening to my music as well, "I can tell you put a great deal of emotion into your music, and every song has a piece of your soul in it."

I was like, "Uhhh, yeah okay, that sounds about right."

This is the nature of Fe though, when we express emotions, it is not necessarily because we are feeling these emotions, but because we want other people to feel these emotions. Fe is directive and it let's people know how they should feel about something, and I think we when play or compose music when are applying this, even if only on a subconscious level.

 

[Double-Think]

Yup, this place is great. And now your are officially on the list of INTPs that I would have to hug.......pretty sweet, eh? You most likely won't get what I just said, but it's cool, cause no matter what, I'm still gonna plant one of these bad boys right on you're chest.

Spoiler

So which one would be you up there DT? Are you the one to the left, maybe the right, or no, even better. You're the king and you have a master plan to rule all the INTP women!!....... Pretty sneaky there BT, I'll be watching you

lol you're still with the hugs XD Fe must have taken you over Irishpenguin. err shit, you've figured out my secret plan *runs to cave to develop new one* lol no, i'd be the little green emoticon in the first row looking upwards towards the INTP girl-queen bummed out that i have no INTP female friends!

 

[BigApplePi]

LaudaGirl. I am just me and only in the last few months inquiring about these personality indicators. Probably due to my own life I've always had the engineer's disregard for feelings as being non-rational. I am probably a primary thinking type (Ti). I've been told and become aware of my discounting of others feelings so I want to see what I can do to reverse that. That means developing my Fe as I understand it. That's not easy for me without deliberate effort. As I put myself out there conflict is going to be inevitable. Ne is a way of data collection. It provides a feeling of overall consistency but doesn't do much for correcting errors. That is left up to Si.

I haven't devled too deeply into the forum yet but so far I seem to gravitate towards any thread that explores similar INTP traits or deeper explanations of why we have inferior Fe and totally awesome Ti. I'd like to try and learn more about the theory of Extraverted Intuition and how we can make it work for us.

And just a little more about me - I passionately love books, I'm a classical pianist, very lazy, and interested in science, agriculture, traveling, history, and all kinds of music. I'm tall, pale, and have long blonde hair and two different colored eyes and tend to smile a great deal whether I mean it or not. If anyone shares interests and feels like hitting me up on the forum, please please, please do!

You say you "love books" but didn't say what kind. I have an interest in philosophy and psychology with a view in mind of treating them logically as opposed to descriptively.

 

[cheese]

Hey Cheese, we finally meet. You've been making me laugh for about 2 weeks now. I've been playing the piano for about 17 years. I was forced into lessons as a little kid and just sort of kept going. I've been told a I express a great deal of emotion and people tend to cry alot when I play, which is weird cause I never feel a thing. I'm working on the piano solo version of Liszt's Totentanz and Beethovin's 3rd movement of the Appassionata Sonata if that means anything to you. Do you play any instruments?

Huh. That's interesting; I've been in serious mode recently.

Nice dino dance/wrestle to the death there.

I don't know Totentanz, but the Appassionata - one of my favourites! Liszt often seems a bit of a shallow, manipulative bastard to me (the good sort, if that makes any sense, though it detracts from his music). I much prefer Rach. Do you play professionally?

I play the piano as well.

I've got the opposite problem with music - I feel it but absolutely cannot express it in front of others because it leaves me exposed and vulnerable. (It's even sometimes intimidating by myself.) Also feels too manipulative, trying to propagate an emotion. I've got this (possibly silly) ideal that music should be chanced upon; it should be a fluid part of life that winds in and out as naturally as possible; it should be an organic part of the scenery, rather than a synthetic imitation. This makes the actual experience of (live) music difficult for many though. Some artificial set-up is necessary for that. Blah blah meh !!!!!

YouTube- Emo Self Harm Song (Bill Bailey)

 

[ashitaria]

Are you hot?

 

[ashitaria]

Exactly. Even when I was younger, I noticed that I just never quite clicked with anyone else in the same way that they clicked with each other. By the time I reached my teen years, I began to think that maybe there was something wrong with me (still debatable) and so I started to change how I acted to keep from standing out. Though, in the past couple of months, I have started to come more to terms with who I am. By no means am I confident in my nature yet, but I'm slowly developing a solid foundation upon which to build this confidence.
Finding this place has helped me realize that there are others out there who share not only some of my problems, but some of my quirks and interests.

To the OP, I hope you get the same benefits out of this place that I have so far. Enjoy.
(And I normally don't participate in arguments, but I'm all in for discussions! )

Yeah me too. I'm also slowly trying to build up my confidence. Since I was a child, I was widely shunned by my classmates. Since it kept happening, I started to think that there was something wrong with me. Now that I know that I'm an INTP, I actually feel more confident, especially since I joined this forum.

 

[ashitaria]

I haven't devled too deeply into the forum yet but so far I seem to gravitate towards any thread that explores similar INTP traits or deeper explanations of why we have inferior Fe and totally awesome Ti. I'd like to try and learn more about the theory of Extraverted Intuition and how we can make it work for us.

Thanks to everybody for being so nice and welcoming. I look forward to getting to know everbody and prove just how sweet and loving I can be while still being my sarcastic, weird, and tactless self without feeling so weird. If that makes any sense.

And just a little more about me - I passionately love books, I'm a classical pianist, very lazy, and interested in science, agriculture, traveling, history, and all kinds of music. I'm tall, pale, and have long blonde hair and two different colored eyes and tend to smile a great deal whether I mean it or not. If anyone shares interests and feels like hitting me up on the forum, please please, please do!

The fuck?

I just met you and I can relate to you so well.

Smile eh? I smile all the time too. I love books, I'm a classical and jazz pianist and I listen to all types of music, I've moved across countries several times, I like history, and I am also very very lazy.

We can become masters of procrastination together.

I just realized I triple-posted
But I just found this thread anyway so....

EDIT: I'm also abit racist towards blondes because of my experience of them and their treatment towards others. I'm kinda hoping that you aren't like the blondes that I met before. Seeing that you are an INTP and that you are pretty similar to me though, I feel like I have a bit of hope.

 

[Mello]

More dinosaurs, how exciting!

 

[Deleted member 1424]

Well this thread developed oddly. Well do enjoy yourself LaudaGirl.

*hands her a cattle prod*
In case you need to discourage your admirers.

 

[Anthile]

This thread is slightly... oedipal. Also, welcome.

 

[LaudaGirl]

Huh. That's interesting; I've been in serious mode recently.

Nice dino dance/wrestle to the death there.

I don't know Totentanz, but the Appassionata - one of my favourites! Liszt often seems a bit of a shallow, manipulative bastard to me (the good sort, if that makes any sense, though it detracts from his music). I much prefer Rach. Do you play professionally?

I play the piano as well.

I've got the opposite problem with music - I feel it but absolutely cannot express it in front of others because it leaves me exposed and vulnerable. (It's even sometimes intimidating by myself.) Also feels too manipulative, trying to propagate an emotion. I've got this (possibly silly) ideal that music should be chanced upon; it should be a fluid part of life that winds in and out as naturally as possible; it should be an organic part of the scenery, rather than a synthetic imitation. This makes the actual experience of (live) music difficult for many though. Some artificial set-up is necessary for that. Blah blah meh !!!!!


I play the piano semi-professionally; I'd love to play professionally (in theory) but its a highly competitive profession that requires an educational pedigree and a level of dedication I never acquired and quite frankly never desired. I don't know about you but I've got too many other interests and hobbies that make sitting in front of a piano 8 -10 hours a day realistically impossible. Music for me, and I'm guessing for most other INTPs, tends to be an intensely private affair and although I will and have played for large crowds people, I'm much happier playing just for myself.

I have the exact same feelings you do about Liszt! Creepy. A lot of his work tends comes off as shallow and manipulative like you said - not to mention almost impossible to play if you don't have massive hands. However, Liszt did write some beautiful music and the Totentanz is a work of genius, IF you're partial to dark and slightly twisted music. Rachmaninov is my favorite composer right behind Beethoven.

As for musical expression, I think it really does come down to learning to have confidence in your basic ability to play a song with precision and sensitivity, so that even though you might not give some goosebump raising performance you're at least playing a beautiful piece of music respectfully. In doing that, I've found that confidence gives way to being able to just relax, block out the world, and enjoy what you're doing and that in turn gives way to the ability to put a great deal of yourself into to your art and not feel like you're making yourself vulnerable. Like you said, it should be organic. You're awesome Cheese! Do you have any favorite compositions?

 

[LaudaGirl]

I'm not your typical blonde, sir. I'm only mean to people that deserve it... like whiners and bullies. I enjoy catching people trying to embarrass someone defenseless and knocking them down a peg or two. That tendency used to get me into a great deal of trouble. What kind of books and branch of history do you like? I agree, we should procrastinate together!

 

[LaudaGirl]

LaudaGirl. I am just me and only in the last few months inquiring about these personality indicators. Probably due to my own life I've always had the engineer's disregard for feelings as being non-rational. I am probably a primary thinking type (Ti). I've been told and become aware of my discounting of others feelings so I want to see what I can do to reverse that. That means developing my Fe as I understand it. That's not easy for me without deliberate effort. As I put myself out there conflict is going to be inevitable. Ne is a way of data collection. It provides a feeling of overall consistency but doesn't do much for correcting errors. That is left up to Si.



You say you "love books" but didn't say what kind. I have an interest in philosophy and psychology with a view in mind of treating them logically as opposed to descriptively.

I can relate to the "deliberate effort" that comes with just trying not to hurt other people's feelings and/or trying not come off looking like an arrogant know it all. I'm hoping I'll get it down in time, or least settle for dealing with people in a consistently kind manner. I'm hoping you guys will be able to help me with that in time by better understanding of how our minds work and how it all translates to the outside world.

Books. Gosh almighty, does anyone on this forum have just one kind of favorite genre? I like to alternate between deep and heavy classics to historical or science fiction. Some of my favorite authors are Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Steinback, Hunter S. Thompson, C.S Lewis, and Roald Dahl. I don't have as much exposure to any philosophical novels as I should. I tend to lose patience with ignorant windbags that offend my common sense, but I'm always looking for my next good read. Could you recommend anything to me? Something clever that'll give me a good laugh?

 

[BigApplePi]

Books. Gosh almighty, does anyone on this forum have just one kind of favorite genre? I like to alternate between deep and heavy classics to historical or science fiction. Some of my favorite authors are Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Twain, Steinback, Hunter S. Thompson, C.S Lewis, and Roald Dahl. I don't have as much exposure to any philosophical novels as I should. I tend to lose patience with ignorant windbags that offend my common sense, but I'm always looking for my next good read. Could you recommend anything to me? Something clever that'll give me a good laugh?

LaudaGirl. I'm not a good one to spontaneously recommend books. What you listed tells me something though. I read all non-fiction though if I had time (like ten years) I would read fiction. I read for ideas and seem to be unable to finish anything. I read something and the moment it is not explained or I don't believe the author's assumptions I have to think about it. So I never finish. I have not been a people person for ideas and to me I have discovered books are people. I can't tell you that being an INTP is a good excuse for that and I feel somewhat ashamed. I may have to change that. Hope this doesn't disappoint you too much.

 

[Hawkeye]

Belated greetings to you LaudaGirl.

It's always nice to see another musician.

 

[Crazythinker1]

Two different colored eyes, loves' books, musically gifted, lazy, and on top of all that you sound so sweet. Yep, you are the perfect woman.



In case you are wondering I also have two different colored eyes. Did people tease you about that?

 

[LaudaGirl]

Two different colored eyes, loves' books, musically gifted, lazy, and on top of all that you sound so sweet. Yep, you are the perfect woman.



In case you are wondering I also have two different colored eyes. Did people tease you about that?

Yeah people used to tease me like crazy about my eyes. Seriously, I've got the David Bowie eyes - one blue one black. Some people really really like them and think they're beautiful, some people give me messed up looks, but most people just stare. I'm indifferent to people's teases about them, they're mine and I love 'em!

 

[cheese]

I play the piano semi-professionally; I'd love to play professionally (in theory) but its a highly competitive profession that requires an educational pedigree and a level of dedication I never acquired and quite frankly never desired. I don't know about you but I've got too many other interests and hobbies that make sitting in front of a piano 8 -10 hours a day realistically impossible. Music for me, and I'm guessing for most other INTPs, tends to be an intensely private affair and although I will and have played for large crowds people, I'm much happier playing just for myself.

I have the exact same feelings you do about Liszt! Creepy. A lot of his work tends comes off as shallow and manipulative like you said - not to mention almost impossible to play if you don't have massive hands. However, Liszt did write some beautiful music and the Totentanz is a work of genius, IF you're partial to dark and slightly twisted music. Rachmaninov is my favorite composer right behind Beethoven.

As for musical expression, I think it really does come down to learning to have confidence in your basic ability to play a song with precision and sensitivity, so that even though you might not give some goosebump raising performance you're at least playing a beautiful piece of music respectfully. In doing that, I've found that confidence gives way to being able to just relax, block out the world, and enjoy what you're doing and that in turn gives way to the ability to put a great deal of yourself into to your art and not feel like you're making yourself vulnerable. Like you said, it should be organic. You're awesome Cheese! Do you have any favorite compositions?

Your quote tags...they burn.

So you haven't any dedication, but you've managed to achieve good enough quality for large audiences? Madam, I fear I must charge you with INTJness. Your Pness has hardened and dropped off.

I haven't any interest in consistent 8 hour days either. I think that sort of structure would suffocate me. Perhaps my music would be emotionally affecting then.

I agree, it's intensely private. I would describe my approach to it as similar to Chopin's (death if you come too close). Actually, a lot of the time I like to ruin emotionally powerful pieces by syncopating the different lines and alternating entirely inappropriate speed and dynamics. This is often the only way I dare to approach them, for fear of being overwhelmed. [Relevant: Today, someone told me they love and adore me, and I had to run off and hide after that. Subsequently, I refused to speak to them without a pillow in between us. I managed not to impale them on the bedpost only by loudly imagining the Rach 2 2nd movement theme as techno.] [That last bit isn't, strictly speaking, true. I managed to get most of the blood off but it still looks a little suspicious.]

I agree as well about it being necessary to have confidence in your ability, especially your technical ability (so often overlooked even though it's essentially the vessel for musicality). I don't think that's my problem - as demonstrated above I have issues with intense emotions - but it would definitely ease things.

Yes, I do! Much easier than naming favourite composers (although Beethoven is fantasmagorgeous).

Liszt's (surprise)
B minor sonata
Concert Etudes 1, 2 (Un Sospiro is just massive wank time)
(Am trying to get youtube to work so I can have a listen to
Totentanz. From what you've said, I think I'll like it.)

Rach's
2nd sonata (original; don't like the revised as much)
Piano Concertos 2, 3
Op. 23 Preludes 4, 6, and 10
Op. 32 Preludes (several, I can't remember them all)
MELODIE IN E MAJOR, REVISED
Fragments - relatively rare piece, but exquisite

Beethoven
Many of his sonatas. He's just brilliant. One of them is the Appassionata, but there's so much beautiful simplicity and logical progression in his works, even the easier, earlier sonatas that they're lovely to play and listen to. The classical period is underrated.

Brahms
Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2
This piece gave me great difficulty in terms of emotion.

Chopin
Yes, he's pretty and possibly not meant for the concert stage, but thank the lord that isn't a problem when you're not a concert pianist.
Etude Op. 10 No. 4, 10
Etude Op. 25 No. 1
(Playing any of the etudes is fun, because you can appreciate the miniscule, dainty beauty of Chopin's phrases. Sort of like admiring a beautiful woman's earlobe. In terms of listening though, the above are my favourites.)
The opening of Ballade No. 4. There's an incredible still beauty to it that slowly opens up and engulfs you...then it becomes petty and small.

Bartok
Folk songs/dances
Sonatina - such a pretty little work
Out of Doors
Sonata (1926) - a monster, and one worth taking the time to know

Bach
Who could forget good old Jo. I love the interminable energy and drive behind a lot of Baroque music. The Well-Tempered Clavier, of course, but also
Goldberg Variations (the Aria is just ridiculous)
Art of the Fugue
Concerto in D minor (I think)


PACHELBEL'S CANON IN D!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kidding.


I've given you far too much information and probably the wrong idea. Oops.

You may notice a gaping hole where the works not involving piano are supposed to be. This is a result of ignorance, and I'd be happy for you to alleviate it.

Your turn!

 

[ashitaria]

You men....

An blonde INTP girl comes along and all of you piss your pants.


Though there's one thing I have to agree though, an INTP girl is extremely rare, let alone a person that I can relate to so well.

And you seem more interesting than the average new-comer.

 

[y4r5xeym5]

You men....

An blonde INTP girl comes along and all of you piss your pants.

I prefer brunettes, thank you very much

@cheese
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
I can never look at that song the same way anymore

 

[cheese]

y4r5xeym5, cheers. Loved it.

Chord progressions are fairly similar most places; it's just more obvious in pop songs because not nearly as much development/embellishment went into it as in more 'serious' music, since the focus is often more on the lyrics/singer.

 

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I haven't devled too deeply into the forum yet but so far I seem to gravitate towards any thread that explores similar INTP traits or deeper explanations of why we have inferior Fe and totally awesome Ti. I'd like to try and learn more about the theory of Extraverted Intuition and how we can make it work for us.

Thanks to everybody for being so nice and welcoming. I look forward to getting to know everbody and prove just how sweet and loving I can be while still being my sarcastic, weird, and tactless self without feeling so weird. If that makes any sense.

And just a little more about me - I passionately love books, I'm a classical pianist, very lazy, and interested in science, agriculture, traveling, history, and all kinds of music. I'm tall, pale, and have long blonde hair and two different colored eyes and tend to smile a great deal whether I mean it or not. If anyone shares interests and feels like hitting me up on the forum, please please, please do!

Female INTPs are rare - experience tells me this is probably right but are there some statistics on this?

Re: INTPs developing EN - do the INTPs care to develop this thought further?