by danhermes | Nov 8, 2026 | The Art of Art
What is Genius: The Owner’s Manual really about? The shortest answer is that talent is the starting line, not the finish. Even talent takes work to acquire. That means that everything is work, judgment, and nerve. Here are seven lines from the book that get at...
by danhermes | May 30, 2024 | The Art of Art
The imagination is forever envisioning new things: new ideas, new concepts, new plans. The imagination tends to work best in a non-judgmental environment, with free-flowing creativity. It’s free to brainstorm new ideas. Here’s an example of how the imagination...
by danhermes | May 29, 2024 | The Art of Art
Every medium presents opportunities for us to engage with it more thoroughly. Architecture and the visual arts allow us to draw or paint to engage. Public speaking and writing allow us to read aloud. Music allows us to sing, as a musician or composer. [Glenn...
by danhermes | May 29, 2024 | The Art of Art
Skills are part of a genius’ foundation. Excelling in the production of demonstrable works in a field is the measure of skill, whether those works are flute performances or academic journal articles or products that will help reduce global warming. Attempting to...
by danhermes | May 29, 2024 | The Art of Art
Are geniuses born or made? This is a key question if you’re trying to do something big in the world. [“The first study for the man that wants to be a poet is true complete knowledge of himself: he looks for his soul; examines it, tests it, learns it. As soon as he...
by danhermes | May 29, 2024 | The Art of Art
[“The roots of genius are in the Latin root genio, which translates to creator or begetter. Interestingly, though, the creator was not a person but rather a guardian spirit (daimon) assigned to a person and meant to govern his or her fortunes and protect the family...
