“ Le Génie Humain” by Émile Louis Picault
It takes perhaps genius to understand genius, or so it would seem. This is surely the case of the bronze marvel statue entitled“ Le Génie Humain”,( i. e., Human Genius). The ingenious craft of the Master Sculptor encloses in a nutshell man’ s dichotomous nature. On the one hand, earth-bound man, held fast to the rock( or earth, if you will), in an effort to break loose from the chains of physicality; on the other, the statue’ s wings are spread out in full awareness that once he shall have broken that chain, he’ ll be able to give full rein to – by setting free and channel – all of his inherent mental and spiritual qualities and characteristics that were simply waiting to be unshackled: supreme intelligence, namely that creative genius, which is known to stir the mind and spirit, finding expression in a myriad of innovative shapes, colors and purposes heretofore unknown to human eye or mind. It is the nature of the mind’ s creative impulses and consciousness to produce – in a neverending creative act – an ever-flowing and multi-directional proliferation of ideas, thoughts, wishes,
images, sometimes focused and irrational, or random and spontaneous at others; sometimes triggered from our past memories or experiences, at other times by our senses, wishes or needs or other sources, but which somehow all come together in a rich and enriching imaginative and resourceful kaleidoscopic whirl that always brings to life something new and unthought-of.
This wondrous winged creature’ s attempt to break loose from the chains that bind him to earthly matter and give his genius wings, is unmistakably inherent in man’ s innermost longings, utterly ingrained in the deep-seated recesses of his soul’ s ancestral memories, since man is not merely an earthen vessel but is that gifted precious vessel that contains unparalleled intellectual faculties, an immensely vast potential for creativity, rationality, sense of humor( which is in itself a spontaneous form of genius), a sense of self and of one’ s duties and responsibilities towards oneself and others, curiosity( key characteristic of explorers, researchers and inventors) and that peculiar characteristic of self-awareness that is unique to man’ s genetic mental make-up.
Creative genius, at its best heightens mankind’ s own stature and is here to serve and ennoble man. The other side of the coin is that genius takes everything to its highest potential – whether constructive or not. There is a yearning in man’ s soul to reach out for the impossible, to conquer the unconquerable, or know the unknowable, always striving to fill those immense spaces( and places) that are apparently out of reach and that may only be attained through a vivid imagination, deliberate imaginings, unconscious stimuli, compulsions or even dreams. Somehow man is secretly aware that the ever-bubbling subconscious mind is the“ dormant” reservoir in which latent genius is being incubated, lying in wait and secretly kept at bay for a number of reasons that we may not even be aware of, and that had best not be unleashed in certain cases where genius may be manifestly irrational or for other reasons.
One must never be afraid to tread on new paths and liberate one’ s own genius – it may just be waiting for a little nudge to start flying and conquer those seemingly unconquerable spaces you always wanted to explore.
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