prendrelemick
09-26-2014, 03:25 AM
Genius is very rare. Not the word, that's always being bandied about these days, but real genius. It is often narrow as well. There was a kid in my class at school who's genius only extended to draughts (chequers?), he beat everybody - classmates, teachers, parents - everybody, he was only six, he found the game during a
wet playtime at school, he watched a game, then went on to beat everybody. If he hadn't found it, no one would have known he had genius.
Perhaps we all have it, something we can do better than any one else - not remotely useful -not even draughts, but perhaps we are just waiting for it to find us.
So to my point. In 40 years of reading literature I have been aware of being in the presence genius twice; Gabriel Garcia Marques and Jane Austin. Of course they are both world renowned best sellers, but what is it they do? How do they do it? and most tellingly - why can't anybody else replicate it?
wet playtime at school, he watched a game, then went on to beat everybody. If he hadn't found it, no one would have known he had genius.
Perhaps we all have it, something we can do better than any one else - not remotely useful -not even draughts, but perhaps we are just waiting for it to find us.
So to my point. In 40 years of reading literature I have been aware of being in the presence genius twice; Gabriel Garcia Marques and Jane Austin. Of course they are both world renowned best sellers, but what is it they do? How do they do it? and most tellingly - why can't anybody else replicate it?