True, so true. I took a few creative writing classes at FSU several years ago, and there is so much emphasis on following rules. Even my classmates were intolerant whenever I tried to do something different. Weird.
“A Bit More Pressure Can be Good for You”
Painting by Alan Firmin
From “Be Fearful of Mediocrity” at afirmin.com
exquisite raw feats of
sure genius
by uncommon autistic savants
serve to illustrate how much
pure genius
human intellect desperately wants
to unleash of potential
poor genius
starved by schools focused on the mundane
who will manage to damn well
cure genius
before it takes root in the brain
Stumbling along the sidewalk 