tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post6668841124587104620..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: We Can't All Be Geniuses. And That's OK.Cloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-33860697432369659132016-04-22T17:28:47.906-07:002016-04-22T17:28:47.906-07:00I wasn't a devotee of either David Bowie or Pr...I wasn't a devotee of either David Bowie or Prince but I was touched by their deaths because they did have such a profound impact on so many lives, and of course I did enjoy their music. <br /><br />And I'm so happy to hear you think the same of LMM! I've indulged in a few delighted posts about him but was disappointed that hardly anyone else in my readership was interested at all in the genius that he's created. I'm reading the Hamiltome right now, when I can carve out an hour, and just immensely enjoying seeing how his mind worked and how hard he worked to make this happen. <br /><br />And on that note about genius, it was a funny thing that I grew up assuming that I was going to find my thing to be a genius about and it was simple as that. Like you, I'm realizing I may at best be highly competent at some skills but geniosity isn't in the cards. And I think in my 40s, I may learn to be ok with that too. Revanchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07293868300535734672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-76457964525025562772016-04-22T09:06:34.359-07:002016-04-22T09:06:34.359-07:00Beautifully said. I was not a big Prince fan eithe...Beautifully said. I was not a big Prince fan either but he definitely had that spark of something -- genius -- that very few people have/had.middle class revolutionhttps://middleclassrevolution.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-47940071531025767142016-04-21T18:48:55.300-07:002016-04-21T18:48:55.300-07:00I feel the way about Prince's death that I fel...I feel the way about Prince's death that I felt--and still feel--about David Bowie's. I liked much of their music, but I can't say that I was a passionate fan. I mean that not as criticism, but as a form of self-awareness. I didn't know all of their work. I never saw them in concert. I don't know very much about them as people.<br /><br />But in both cases, I was glad they were in the world. They each brought something no one else did. They made the opportunity for creativity seem as if it were always just around the corner.<br /><br />Prince's Super Bowl halftime show was one of my favorite performances of all time. He seemed strange, but strange in a way that was true to himself and not only didn't hurt others, but may well have helped them. He was one of the very few celebrities who I thought, "It would be interesting to meet him, and just be near him and see how his mind works." But at the same time, I admired the way he maintained his privacy.<br /><br />I'm really not a music person. I don't know a lot about music, and I am well aware that a great deal of what I like is not very good. But I know it's a loss to all of us that there will be no more music from Prince.Tragic Sandwichhttp://www.tragicsandwich.comnoreply@blogger.com