What is a Genius?

Creativity and genius are words in our basic vocabulary. When asked to define what a genius is we sometimes struggle. My definition of a genius is someone that can innovate or create at a time in which it is most needed. Someone who can perform under pressure in order to change an outcome or provide a way to produce certain results that may have not been logical without this person’s presence. When you think about it how many geniuses do you actually know? For me it’s not that many, I struggle to just think of a few. A genius is someone extraordinary and they are not just everyday people. I feel like geniuses have their lives predetermined in the sense that they are put on to the earth to help the world by using their “genius gift”. They know they are here for a reason but they just don’t know what for. You can almost look at a genius as a superhero. A genius is like a superhero when it comes to fame fortune and glory, but other than that they are completely different. Geniuses use their minds to come up with ideas that change people’s lives, not only do these ideas change one person’s life but they affect part of the population as a whole. A genius is born with enough will to pursue any thing he or she tries to do. They are given the gift of will so they are able to achieve their “genius gift” when times get hard. A genius is hard to come by, a lot of people won’t witness one in their life time, but if you do, you will know for sure.

Is education slowly killing the creative mindset?

In my opinion education is slowly killing creativity. As students strive to achieve their goal of pursuing a high level education they slowly loose track of what is important. Trust me I know that mathematics science and literature are all important but there is another side of education that is often forgot. That side is creativity. Students become to caught up in the main topics of school and are pushed away from the fine arts. The only time I have been creative in school is in an art class. Yes I have had to be creative in writing papers and doing projects but that is a different kind of creativity in which I do not enjoy. I couldn't tell you the last time I have taken an art class but it was many years ago. During these art classes my mind actually felt open and I wanted to create. We as society need to change the educational system to further include creativity through out.

Revision and Creativity

Revision plays into my creative process in many ways. When I am in the open mode and being creative, I tend to throw around many ideas. Through out these ideas there may be some that are acceptable and some that may need to be rethought. Being creative is almost like brainstorming. A pool of ideas are brought together in one location and from there they are revised. The bad ideas are tossed and the better ideas are further expanded on. Revision allows you to pull out your best ideas and gets your mind off of the not so good ideas. In the end revision lets you capitalize on your most brilliant ideas.