Today I recognized that I have been given the gift of genius!! How did that happen?
I was thinking about how society assigns the term 'genius'. The noun "genius" is related to the Latin verb gigno, genui, genitus,
"to bring into being, create, produce." (See Wikipedia for "genius")
That's when I realized that one does not have to be named Albert Einstein, Salvatore Dali, Pablo Picasso, Francis Crick, Thomas Edison, Carlos Jobim, George Washington Carver, Auguste Renoir, Ansel Adams or Hypatia of Alexandria to be considered a genius. Why ?
Because anyone, repeat, ANYONE, can help contemporaries experience what has always been in "plain sight"...when viewed through the perspective of an idea that shifts the attention in an unexpected direction....
to finally see it.
Whether as designers, inventors, students, scientists, actors, painters, artists, or the audiences who are inspired by their work, we may "look" at the world WITH our eyes, but we “see” the world, each other, and ourselves THROUGH our ideas ("eye"-deas !).
Great thinkers (and doers) seek extraordinary ideas through which to show the audience how to see themselves, and the world....through the lens OF those ideas.
Whether one is called an "artist" or "scientist" or "philosopher" or "Mom", genius is essentially the exercise of presenting reality in such a way that others can THEN
"bring into being, create, produce" and appreciate it for themselves, as well.
In other words....
"You must be the change you want to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi
.....to help others
see the change in the world that you demonstrate.
Take art, for instance.
Art does not necessarily have to be something "outside" of you that you create out of "something else".
All art IS essentially you....expressing yourself through your ideas in a manner that touches your audience....inside.
Consider that your very Life can even be
the art of living.....the changed idea of
WHO YOU ARE....literally !
Usually we think about being "interested in seeing everyone else's ideas".
Fine art is the superlative, courageous, purposeful expression of who YOU are, just as Ned Johnson said as part of his "My Life Story" webinar series....
(see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXBaZAvQLkQ&t=623)
"...a poem's....just a poet....in a word."
Imagine. You
AS a living work of art...."performed" by you AS any idea you choose to express....through the
genius awaiting in YOU!
....just as others have accomplished (see sources below), as seen through the lenses of
their genius.
Hope this helps...ignite the unique perspectives (
"eye"-deas) just awaiting expression through your
own genius....
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
-- Albert Einstein
Do you see ?
Of course you do!
You are a
GENIUS (just like me) !!
Don't believe me? Look up the reference for genius in the mirror...
Now
THAT'S a confirmation AND an affirmation!
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia
Reference:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling (She is a MOM!)