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The title of this thesis is “Using painting to show one’s own Enneagram personality type”. Namely, the thesis talks about how the artist wishes to reveal her true personality through her art. Since the artist had attended a series of classes on exploration of heart and mind using Enneagram, it led her to become curious about exploring personality to help her better understand herself. Furthermore, she hoped to use her own personality as a direction in which to develop her art. The materials for the overall context of the theoretical standpoint of the thesis originated from looking into information related to Enneagram, including fundamental personality types and modes of operation. In addition, the author searched for documents pertaining to art created in Taiwan from this theoretical standpoint. She wanted to use the research and reflections of those who had embarked upon this topic before to compare with the areas that she herself could develop. The artist used the concept of moving in the opposite direction of the arrows in Enneagram to develop three series of artwork. From this, she was able to see three different attitudes she had and could reflect upon the manifestation of her mental state in her day-to-day life. The artist chose to look at the ideas American philosopher Susanne Langer raised on “symbolism in art”. She believes that art is a vehicle for the transmission of a higher level of inner life and emotions of human experience.By means of exploring the display of visual symbols within the artist’s work, and by analysing and summing it up one step further, we can understand how the artist uses shape and colour as symbolic visual elements to transform into the expression of emotions in their art. When constructing the vibe she wants her artwork to give, the artist uses colour, shape, composition etc. in order to create interpretations divided into three different series totalling in twenty pieces of artwork. She uses symbolic elements to express her inner thoughts, and to transmit appropriate expressions of her personality and emotions.
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