The Magnificent 16 A Multimedia Gallery of Type Portraits: A Work In Progress      I find Jung's model of human differences – and the subsequent refinements brought about by Myers and Briggs – disturbingly beautiful in its elegance. Like an elaborate ecosystem, it describes how each of the different elements fit together to create a whole that heals and renews itself. It tells each one of us that we belong, that we have a purpose in being, that we have something unique and wonderful to contribute that is essential to the whole – whether the whole is a family, a classroom, a business, a neighbourhood or a nation. Its power, depth and breadth can be unleashed when it is introduced to a group; differences come alive under the careful guidance of an adroit trainer. Biases fall to the wayside as differences are carefully sculpted into assets. Removed from the group experience, I find that the intensity with which these differences are experienced in everyday life is somehow lost in translation with most mediums: words have precision but are dry, images are inspiring but nebulous, and interviews are insightful but idiosyncratic. In marrying all of these mediums to each other in a joyfully polygamous collage, I find that the grace and magnificence of the model come to life. What does it feel like to approach life with sensing, intuition, thinking, or feeling? What does it feel like to be faced with one's gifts, or one's Achille's heel? We not only learn what differences look like, but how it shapes each individual's subjective experience of life. It is my understanding, my belief and my hope that by understanding differences from within – by inhabiting for just a moment another person's world as it is experienced by his or her typological predisposition – we will come closer to opening our minds and grasping what the promise of wholeness really holds for each one of us. Understanding the individual is one of the keys that unlocks the secrets of our social ecosystem. As diversity thickens the plot of human interactions, finding meaning and purpose in our differences will give us the needed humility and courage it takes to embrace it in our everyday lives.      An Animated Introduction An elegant short animation film introduces the theory with graphics that immediately makes type dynamics accessible and real in understanding our personalities – even for newcomers. The map for the individual psyche unfolds into a mandala that is whole only through our differences. The Gallery For each portrait musicians have improvised music to create the womb in which each world comes into being. Paintings, drawings and pictures are woven together in animations that define the heart and soul of each personality type: its dominant function. We explore each for in terms of its psychological purpose, how it apprehends the world, what captivates its attention and brings it to life, to fruition. In-depth interviews with numerous people tell us candidly – via video – how type actually shapes their approach to life. Real people, real stories. Some are experts who share their wealth of knowledge, such as Kathy Myers, Linda Berens, Margaret and Gary Hartzler, Otto Kroeger, Laurie Lippin, Roger Pearman and many more. Some people are new to type and share their spontaneous, refreshing insights into their type.          We 've added texts, stories and behind the scenes elements that breathe additional life into the portraits and how they shape the gallery itself. Danielle Poirier is the founder of Rebel Eagle Productions. She is presently working on the flagship product, designing and producing The Magnificent 16, the result of a multimedia love affair with psychological type. Once an international APT faculty member, she was responsible for creating and managing the Canadian training department responsible for delivering the qualifying program. |
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