"The
truly creative mind in any field is no more than this:
A human
creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.
To
him...
a touch is a
blow,
a sound is a
noise,
a misfortune
is a tragedy,
a joy is an
ecstasy,
a friend is
a lover,
a lover is a
god,
and failure
is death.
Add to this
cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create
- - - so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or
something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must
pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really
alive unless he is creating."
This quote struck me as being very apt. I have often described the sensitivity of gifted students as though their skin is peeled back and all their nerve endings exposed - physically, emotionally, spiritually. The above quote is a much nicer visual. Carmen
Source: www.ri.net/gifted_talented/character.html
