inspired genius

a true act of "genius" could be defined as something entirely unique to the point of creating a new path, while using the stones from a path laid down and stumbled upon by countless others...
considering this definition, what makes a genius? sure, numbers of potentiality have worked for so long, why even consider any other way...but numbers, as true as they are, can be misused by the hands that feed them into calculators and computers...numbers tell only one part of any story...

throughout history, genuises have sprouted in the strangest places...from religious thinkers to political pundits to heads of states to criminal minds to one hit wonders...they exist solely for the reason that they laid down foundational stones for another to trod upon...engineers of their field, setting up the roadways for humanity, even if their design was to destroy humanity as we know it....

their visionary thinking and ability to present proof of their vision as a success lead them to be labeled as "genuises"...

so, why is it when these visionary thinkers encounter others in the "real world they find themselves tonge-tied or frustrated with the pace at which others work?...they cannot travel in the same paths as the world around them...they stumble or find it incredibly tedious...so much so, that they are forced to find their own path...and with none yet created...they design one that fits them and others like them...

the driving force behind genius, then, is need...which is the driving force behind nearly everything in life...such a simple answer...yet, sometimes the simplest answers are the most accurate and humble ones....