You May Be a Creative Genius — PILGRIM SOUL

YOU MAY BE A CREATIVE GENIUS: HOW MANY OF THESE 10 PERSONALITY TRAITS DO YOU HAVE?

Renowned author and one of the wittiest people to ever live, Oscar Wilde drew creative inspiration from others and loved being the center of attention. Conversely, novelist Franz Kafka preferred solitude and considered his privacy essential to his work. Both men were creative geniuses in their own right, yet their personalities differ entirely down to the very core. No one personality type defines creative genius, but several personality traits are consistent in this elite group of innovative thinkers.

Despite many creative geniuses being stereotyped as mad, unusual, or eccentric, creative geniuses tend to display complex personalities that seemingly stand out from an early age. Across the board, creative geniuses show characteristics that reveal an underlying level of depth, self-awareness, and, most importantly, contradictory extremes. Most people choose a lane and stick with it. They may seem competitive or cooperative by others. However, creative geniuses are commonly prone to contradictory extremes, which helps explain why many creative geniuses are perceived as overtly eccentric.

For some, contradictory extremes may be a source of internal conflict. For others, it is a way of…