33 MBTI Paintings
From an Art Show to a Resource
So often people remember taking the MBTI Instrument but can’t remember much more. If this sounds familiar to you, Inner Landscapes II was an show of paintings designed to engage people in deepening and continuing the conversation about how MBTI attitudes and functions play out in people’s approaches and behaviours. Because we think in pictures, the show worked for people to sort out how they function and to have more of a memory hook to remember their type. It simply made sense to make it into a book
This eighty-page full-colour book gives an overview of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator at the same time providing a step-by-step decision-making process to help individuals to determine their MBTI type. This is a perfect introduction to this typology and a helpful tool for MBTI practitioners and professionals to use with their clients. Because this guide brings the MBTI to life in such a meaningful way, it also reinforces the use of this powerful tool for self knowledge.
I use various assessment tools with my clients to help them to understand their current situation, and to glean insights into how they can move forward. When I saw Sandy’s Inner Landscapes II, there was an immediate WOW factor. The way the book is laid out is useful and practical, and the visual element of the paintings takes it to a whole new level that is more interesting and creative and most importantly more memorable. I see this as a wonderful resource for anyone who knows their type and for all type practitioners.
Tanja ParsleyInner Landscapes ll is available as a pdf.
Here is what you will find inside:
Visual Prompts That Help You Decide
To begin there are pairs of paintings that bring each set of preferences to life. It is so helpful to people to have a visual prompt helps them determine which preference is most like them.
Text Descriptions That Further Clarify
In addition each pair is accompanied by a text description for each preference that adds further clarification. I received permission to use these descriptions from the highly regarded organization of Otto Kroeger Associates
Four Temperaments for a Big Picture Look
Because people often have some familiarity with the four temperament groups, there is also a set of paintings representing these groups.
A Painting of Each Type to Verify Your Choice
There are sixteen paintings – one for each of the sixteen types that will assist you in verifying your choices.
Important Distinctions to Help Zero In
Finally, there are samples of paintings that look at some of the further distinctions that can be made to help clarify your preferences.
This unique visual exploration of MBTI through art facilitates greater self-knowledge, empathy toward others, and effective teamwork. It provides individuals with a way to apply MBTI learning to their work.
As well as being available in a pdf version of the book Inner Landscapes II, the paintings have also been used as powerful cues in a ppt presentation designed as an Introduction to the MBTI. It has been used successful to help people discover their type in business and other professional settings.