They say that genius and insanity are two sides of the same coin. I have to agree with the statement because it really is such a statement that would apply to the two words. Genius is typically thought of as a person with a exceptional intellect or talent in one aspect or another such as "Beethoven was a musical genius of his time". The fact that people get so lost in this world in the aspects of social stigmas and with pop culture, completely allowing it to take control of their lives and distract them from what used to be basic fundamentals to survival and tradition. 

    Previous generations before us have been taught values and that hard work pays off in the end and is much more appreciated and meaningful. Granted it is difficult for us to determine this factor amongst all our peers on a general basis of no-official judgement by a professional study. We can assume that this trend is common in the generation of todays modern group of young Americans.

   Insanity on the other hand has been said to be someone who is extremely mentally ill, someone who is extremely irrational, someone foolish, or someone who is afflicted with something that prevents them from normal perception, behavior, or social interaction.

(Insane derives from the Latin insanus, in- ‘not’ + sanus ‘healthy.')

   Now asking yourself "how does creativity, insanity and genius all tie together?" would not be a bad question. Interestingly enough however, they do. Some of the greatest thinkers, musicians, scientists, philosophers, inventors, and all others in professions and ways of life have been on the fence of this debate. Creative or genius? In classrooms throughout classrooms and lecture halls I have heard the same statement more than one time. "Insanity is trying something and failing with the same methods again and again expecting to see different results."

   Some say Thomas Edison tried 10000 different different materials in the attempt of finding a filament that would burn for a reasonable amount of time in the creation of the lightbulb. He also said the famous quote "I did not try and 3000 times to create a lightbulb and fail, I found 3000 ways to not make a lightbulb". Perception of his tedious work at the time of creation of  successful lightbulb must have been that he, was truly insane for his determination. How would we be had he accepted the stereotypes that others were trying to place on him or had accepted their words for his own reality.

   Knowing that without education and understanding of situations such as the following you can very easily see that people perception of reality in this spectrum of life is very commonly misinterpreted. Media, public education, culture, foreign relations, and general knowledge on this type of concept can be to blame yes. But it reality it is everyones responsibility to attempt to be more open minded and to strive for knowledge in this time in our lives for it truly is power.