Autogenesis 11

Genius is an insult

Society endlessly urges us to revere “genius” as a divine grace. It is a necessary imposture for those who refuse to look at their own void. In reality, genius is not a gift; it is a label used by mediocrity to isolate the person it does not understand and lock that person away.

Yes! By sanctifying the artist, the mediocre reassure themselves.

Genius is an insult to reality. It is the crutch of those who fear nakedness. Creation is a pretension born of powerlessness; it is an act through which we desperately try to give form to our fragility so as not to collapse. Genius is merely a mask that hides fear.

I refuse to become a genius. I am the one who has understood the sophisticated cannibalism of the mediocre.

Mathius TO’ERAU, the Suréviste.