Originally Posted by
aixelsyd
The way I would see Te creative is in that Te creatives are adept at gathering information relevant to their interests or objectives and are able to find an efficient manner in pursuing their interests and objectives though the focus will not be on the information gathering nor the efficiency but the focus will be to use those aspects to serve interests which cater to the base function of Ni or Si. When the use of Te becomes trite and unstimulating, it is likely that one will withdraw into a mode of behavior which engages the base function while neglecting the creative function in this case.
A potentially common way for Te creative to manifest itself is by having an interest generated by your leading function. Something might strike your fancy. In my case, this idea/interest is formulated the more I mentally visualize what it is I am after or interested in. In order to purse this, I immediately use informational channels to find sources of information which can help develop my mental visualization. I gather information and the more good information I gather, the more detailed the mental picture is. However, with dealing with a lot of information, I naturally begin separating the information from good and bad, vague and specific, and try to take certain bits of info with a grain of salt.
It's sort of complicated to explain because this process is naturally a fluid one since we're talking about the nature of human cognition, but I would say my focus is on the mental image I possess and whatever functions I utilize to expand and define that picture is taken for granted. It's much like painting a picture. The picture I am painting is my focus though to paint it, I have a lot of tools to work with but the tools exist for the sake of the picture and not the other way around. Similarly, the other functions I possess such as my creative function, concrete act, etc certainly is essential for me to work towards what my focus is on, but the functions outside of the base function do not stimulate my concern or interest to any large degree in comparison to the base function.