Jakey G. was purty good on SNL and it's been freezing cold here in LA these past few days.I finally watched this movie from the 90s called Shine about this brilliant Jewish piano player from Australia, and found it to be a very engaging film, although it ended a bit abruptly for me. It was a simple true story about this child prodigy who has a terribly abusive dominant father who doesn't want him to go away from home after getting incredible scholarships and offers to study in America and Europe, as everyone recognizes his amazing talent. He finally goes against his father's wishes, and ends up in London, at one of the best music schools in the world. Of course, the stupid stubborn proud father banishes him and David Helfgott finds his independence at this school, but not without the heavy price of schizophrenia attacking him. Just great huh?! You're a brilliant musical genius and crap, and you're also a crazy nutjob, thanks to that stupid mental disorder/disease. What a shitty unfair raw deal!
This is what I've noticed time and time again about truly intelligent/genius human beings; they all seem to be given unnatural talents, yet at the price of their sanity. Anyone who is very very smart also seems to carry hidden internal demons or has a tragic difficult life that tests their sanity time and time again. Beethoven was a masterful composer, but then became deaf and bitter at the world. How awful! To love music and not be able to hear it?! Van Gogh was one of history's great painters, yet was plagued by mental issues, which lead him to chop off one of his ears. There's that very smart mathematician dude that Russell Crowe played in A Beautiful Mind who was also haunted by schizophrenia. Judy Garland was a phenomenal singer/performer, who had a terrible time with drugs. Michael Jackson, an amazing songwriter/entertainer with serious childhood issues that ruined a shockingly brilliant pop career. Tina Turner got beat up by her husband. Mozart had horrible financial issues and died so young. John Lennon dealt with drugs, the U.S. government, and was murdered. The list goes on and on.
The law of compensation I suppose. No one gets away in this life from suffering or getting dealt a cross/challenge to bear. If you're smart, attractive, and rich you're gonna be lacking in some other area for sure. Nobody has it made 100% I guess. The truly truly smart (like me of course, HAHAHAHAHAHA!) could not go through this life without something wrong. Maybe this is why I have anxiety disorder? This is the challenge or hurdle I must learn to deal with in this life? Perhaps someday they'll write a biography or make a film on my life, and the plot twist to my amazing genius will be the dramatic scenes where anxiety takes a hold of my being and some amazing actor like Leonardo DiCaprio will play me and go on to win an Oscar for the role.
But first, he'll hopefully win the Golden Globe, which incidentally are handed out tonight.
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That's what makes it interesting to live. If it were all smooth sailing we would be sooooo bored. With no personal bests, or goals, or desire for change. The world would be Grey.
My best friend's biological step father was best friends with the real life "A Beautiful Mind" guy.
I'm such a name dropper!
Yeah! Love it. We all have our crosses to bear, just gotta fight. Sometimes I believe it's our problems that help us find our own talents and strength and greatnesS?, but it's never easy. I guess that's the thing. If it's an easy life and no struggle the artist, musician, writer, whatever you are, you won't have as many things to say and the things you do have to say won't be as interesting, or they won't be as deep or something, I dunno, or maybe the struggles in life are what makes you learn about yourself and better realize the things you do want to say and create.
I think any sort of struggle helps broaden our horizon, our emotional horizon, and gives us more stuff to communicate to others...
But with the whole schizophrenia thing, people afflicted with that have terrible demons, but they tend to have very great intelligence and a fascinating way of perceiving the world. Had some very good friends who were afflicted with this, wonderful people, very talented, but it's a terrible struggle.
"If you're smart, attractive, and rich you're gonna be lacking in some other area for sure."
Amen!
But remember...
Stupid , ugly, poor people are lacking it all.
Its amazing to think that someone can have greater success at PLAYING you then you actually can in your entire life. You have just sent me spiraling into a deeper depression. Gracias!
It is those fumbles and moments of self-doubt that should keep every individual humble and wiser as they grow.
Everyone... and I mean everyone has a chink in their armor. Interestingly enough though, it's those chinks and little imperfections that I find attractive in a person... the human aspect of it all. God knows I'm not searching for a robot.
Your post was thought provoking and stimulating. Heck... I almost got aroused when you mentioned your anxiety disorder. Hot.
You definitley make a very good point. Its very true if you look at everyone in history with talents and gifts. Something to ponder.
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