Культурология. Горелова А.В - 53 стр.

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through elementary geometry and algebra and a large body of literature and
history by the time he was 12.
Success had not always brought happiness to prodigies. When he was 20,
John Stuart Mill suffered a serious mental crisis. “I seemed to have nothing left to
live for”, he wrote years later. Other well-known prodigies had similar experiences.
A number of history’s most famous prodigies had something else in
common: they did not live very long lives. Composer Franz Schubert died at 31.
Scientist Blaise Pascal died before he was 40.
Those who study today’s prodigies closely have observed that they live
under the great weight of their loneliness. In school with children of their own
age, they become bored, frustrated, and may simply turn off learning
completely. Ten-year-old geniuses, if sent to universities because of their mental
abilities, cannot fit in. Emotionally, they are still children.
Many children, as they enter adolescence, begin to turn to other teenagers
for affection, encouragement, and a sense of belonging. This can be a very
difficult time in the lives of prodigies. They know they are different, and other
teenagers know it too.
“I’m afraid of not having any friends”, says Mac Randall. Mac, 11, taught
himself to use an electric typewriter at the age of three. At four, he began to
write horror stories. He recently wrote a rock opera.
Even though there has been a fascination with child prodigies for
centuries, there has been little serious study of them until recently. Some
surprising common characteristics have been identified. The vast majority are
boys. They are usually first-born children of middle-class families. Often, their
parents are past the usual childbearing age. Many are born by Caesarean section
rather than by natural childbirth. They often have parents who seem to be trying
to realize their own ambitions through their amazing children. And prodigies
usually have a strange sense of humor.
Although child may be born with outstanding genetic potential, this
potential will not be enough”, says Harvard University psychologist Howard
Gardner. Something in the environment must nourish the potential.
And thought many prodigies enjoy the satisfaction of extraordinary
achievement, public praise and material wealth, even the most successful
sometimes question the value of their lives and accomplishments. “I have a longing
which grows stronger as I get older to be like others”, confesses concert pianist
Eugene Kisin.
5.3. The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Preface
The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
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