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Orbiting the Giant Hairball A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace Wean Yourself Little by little, wean yourself. This the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in the blood Move to an infant drinking milk; to a child on solid food; To a searcher after wisdom; to a hunter of more invisible game. Think how it is to have a conversation with an embryo. You might say, “The world outside is vast and intricate. There are wheatfields and mountain passes, and orchards in bloom. At night there are millions of galaxies, and in sunlight the beauty of friends dancing at a wedding.” You ask the embryo why he, or she, stays cooped up in the dark with eyes closed. LISTEN TO THE ANSWER There is no “other world.” I only know what I’ve experienced. You must be hallucinating. Where Have All the Geniuses Gone? Art and the Schoolkids… The highlight of their day…the diversion The escape from the routine of another day The magic of creativity can happen even in the institutional environment where formal learning is supposed to take place. How many artists were in the room? 1st grade? 2nd grade? 4th? 6th? We are being tricked out of one of the greatest gifts every one of us receives at birth…that is the gift of being an artist…a creative genius. Normal and Original Normal: of or conforming to the accepted model, pattern or standard (March Simon) Original: created or invented independent of already existing ideas or works Our creative genius is the fountainhead of originality. It fires our compulsion to evolve. It inspires us to challenge norms. Creative genius is about flying to new heights on untested wings. It is about the danger of crashing. It is amorphous, magical, unmeasurable and unpredictable. It’s the fool in each of us…(pg. 21) Genius From cradle to grave, the pressure is on: BE NORMAL! It is not the business of authority figures to validate genius, because genius threatens authority. Reviving the creative genius in you is