The Rebel | 12 Jungian Archetypes Self-Portrait Series
The 12 Archetypes of personality, chosen by Carl Jung, are the foundations for characters in movies, literature, art, and the life where we live and breathe. They represent behavior patterns, cultural symbols and images of the collective unconscious. In this series, I am exploring all 12 of the archetypes through self-portraits and embodying each as I understand them within myself. I think the more time we spend with ourselves, the more we realize how multi-dimensional we are. This has been an incredible experiment for me as I have come to understand which archetypes I align with the most and which were difficult for me to “become”. Along with the portraits, I have included a playlist that represents each personality. I hope you enjoy this playful exploration!
The Rebels are the rule-breakers and the boundary-pushers. They provoke other people and they don’t care what they think. They think for themselves and don’t like to be put in a box by anyone. I used to live more from the rebellious place. I didn’t like to fit in and I didn’t care about the opinions of those around me. I think as I have gotten older I have relaxed more into who I am and realized that human relationships are important for my well-being.
I have seen the dark side of the Rebel which ends up being the Saboteur. I have let myself fall down the hole at times where I want to rebel to the point of being harmful to myself. It’s a delicate balance but if we can embrace the rebel, there is a deep wisdom of blazing a unique path that should not be undermined.
Motto:
Rules are made to be broken
Core desire:
Revenge or revolution
Goal:
To overturn what isn’t working
Greatest fear:
To be powerless or ineffectual
Strategy:
Disrupt, destroy, or shock
Weakness:
Crossing over to the dark side, crime
Talent:
Outrageousness, radical freedom
The Outlaw is also known as: The rebel, revolutionary, wild man, the misfit, or iconoclast.
