Connection: Creative Personality and Phil

After reading the article by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi called "The Creative Personality" I immediately saw the link between that and my friend Phil. According to Mihaly creative people have a certain personality, they do things there own way. These traits that were associated with creative people are exactly the same traits my friend Phil possesses. In the articaly Mihaly says that, "Creative people have a great deal of physical energy, but they're also often quiet and at rest". This is quite true for my friend Phil. At certain times, like when he's around larger groups of people, he has this energy that just bounces off of him onto others, it's unreal. Then, at other times he can be completely silent and just sit there, thinking. I always thought this was just because he had a weird personality, but now I know that his creative mind must rest sometimes.

Mihaly also says that, "Most creative people are very passionate about their work, yet they can be extremely objective about it as well". What he means here is that creative people have an intense passion for their work but they are also open to the criticism it may recieve. This is very true for my friend Phil. Ever since I've known Phil (about 8 years) he's been writing. He loves to write. He usually writes little short stories just to show his friends, for fun. He has always loved to work, and work hard, on these stories. Not only does he have a passion for writing but he usually gets input from his friends in order to improve his stories, and sometimes with this input comes criticism. Before reading this article I never realized how creative of a friend Phil was.