tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post2225204702865796898..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: New Year's Rant on the Simultaneous Rarity and Plentitude of GeniusElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-19188222476522022462011-01-06T09:49:06.182-06:002011-01-06T09:49:06.182-06:00A dear former teacher of mine made the distinction...A dear former teacher of mine made the distinction between "genius" and "productive genius," and opined that "productive genius" was the proof of "genius" by degree while the marker of a test score and membership in some self-congratulatory club was merely the ground out of which "productive genius" should come. If prodcutivity did not accompany "genius," then he was uninterested in this tested group for they proved by omission to have at the minimum misused, or worse ignored, any gifts by such non-productivity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com