February 6, 2013

• This is GENIUS. He is a GENIUS.

  "Some years ago Sir Ken Robinson, the author and creative advocate, once told a story of a six year-old girl in school.

  
  

  The girl was sitting in the back of the classroom drawing when the teacher walked back to her and asked “What are you drawing?” The girl said “I’m drawing a picture of God.” To which the teacher laughed a little and replied: “But nobody knows what God looks like.” And the little girl said “They will in a minute.”

  
  

  In telling this story Sir Robinson explains that children aren’t afraid to take chances. If they don’t know something they’ll risk failing or being wrong. Creativity isn’t about being wrong, of course, but to quote Sir Robinson: “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”

  
  

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  In those circumstances we have to look to children as examples. What do children do if they don’t know something? They think about it and then make assumptions, but they make those ideas without fear of being wrong and without worrying of failing."

  I want to not worry about failing. 

  I think I did some of that when I said, "I want to use George Carlin" in my class. Who had done it before? But why not? I didn't know. I still don't. I consider him a genius. Same with Sir Ken Robinson. And Einstein. And Chuck Klosterman. And David Sedaris. Yeah. And I'm re-reading Dry by Augusten Burroughs = more genius. Kathy Griffin & Chelsea Handler & Joan Rivers & Ellen DeGeneres = female genius. Yes yes yes. I like to surround myself with comedy and intelligence. Horror? No. Sci-Fi? No. Laughter and ideas = YES.

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