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Genius and Insanity

A brilliant mind will always contribute Positive or negative influences, I think Sometimes teetering on the mid-brink Little room between them for a dispute Genius and insanity make a fine case Who, I ask, can tell one from the other? Perhaps we shouldn’t pursue any further For each in our society will find its place. Written August 3, 2022

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 8/6/2022 8:05:00 PM

There is such a fine line; I think they walk through life holding hands.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/6/2022 9:11:00 PM

Indeed. I've know both and seen both I thought were the other. It can be confusing. One of my heart surgeons was crazy as a loon, but he was a true genius when it came to heart surgery!

Michael Tor

Date: 8/4/2022 7:07:00 AM

Milton eloquently expressed. Here is an example. Thomas Alva Edison when going to school, his teachers told his mother that he, in so many words did not have the intellect to be in school. They thought to put it bluntly that he was dumb. His mother knew better and she homeschooled him, believing he was capable of achieving knowledge. History shows she was correct. He invented the incandescent light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera, improved the telephone, and the telegraph. He had one of...

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/4/2022 7:44:00 AM

So true. Sometimes genius is mistaken for dim-wittedness. I'm not sure about the other way around, but his mother was absolutely right.

Michael Tor
Date: 8/4/2022 7:09:00 AM

the greatest minds of as an inventor and was looked at as brilliant. Excellent Light Verse, you penned today, thanks for sharing...

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 8/3/2022 4:56:00 PM

If the mind of a genius cannot be understood by the so called normal, and the normal cannot understand the mind of the insane. Do they overlap, And will the so called normal go insane trying to work it out, Take care, Milt. Shirley

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/3/2022 5:23:00 PM

Shirley, that is truly a mind-boggling possibility, would you say?

Sara Kendrick

Date: 8/3/2022 1:56:00 PM

Yes, each will find its place. To the normal a genius might seem to be insane or abnormal, but their level of intellect is normal for them. I enjoyed reading your work. Sara

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/3/2022 2:13:00 PM

Thank you so much, Sara. I enjoy hearing from you and noting your thought-provoking comments.