gen·ius (jnys)
n. pl. gen·ius·es
1.
a. Extraordinary intellectual and
creative power.
b. A person of extraordinary
intellect and talent: "One is not born a
genius, one becomes a genius" (Simone
de Beauvoir).
c. A person who has an exceptionally
high intelligence quotient, typically above 140.
2.
a. A strong natural talent,
aptitude, or inclination: has a genius for
choosing the right words.
b. One who has such a talent or
inclination: a genius at diplomacy.
3. The prevailing spirit or
distinctive character, as of a place, a person, or an era: the genius of Elizabethan England.
4. pl. ge·ni·i
(jn-) Roman Mythology A tutelary deity or guardian spirit of a person or
place.
5. A person who has great influence
over another.
6. A jinni in Muslim mythology.
That’s how http://www.thefreedictionary.com/genius
defines genius. It’s an interesting word. It’s also a word that I have been
that I have been hearing a lot lately.
Even so much as a few people have referred to me as one. My initial
instinct when someone throws this word at me is to laugh it off, or deny it vehemently
as absurd. Perhaps it’s the deeply
engrained catholic supplicant roots that make me so averse to receiving compliments
(but that’s a whole nother ball of wax).
What I really want to talk about is the word genius because
I have been hearing it so much lately. I guess when I hear it Einstein comes to
mind, or other hyper intelligent women and men who seem like untouchable
figures in the history books.
But looking at the nuts and bolts of this definition, it
occurs to me that genius can come in all shapes and sizes. There is a
possibility that I could be considered a genius in the right light. In fact everybody has talents of some sort, so really we
all have the capacity to be a genius in one way or another, and that I find very cool.
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