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- Take note, all you doctors, teachers, & parents who are so quick to dispense "the Meds" every time a child gazes out a window:
For all you know, that child could be composing a symphony, curing a disease, ending a war, painting a masterpiece, writing a novel, discovering another solar system....or simply trying to comprehend a simple math equation or reflect on the lesson learned in a story. Meanwhile you continue to feed him a diet a video games & mind numbing television. Let the child's mind wander at times & everyone may be amazed at the discoveries! - Reply to this comment
- Hey Blue Jay,
Me too! I was at Abbey Road last summer.
It's so much fun, right!...and work.
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- In contradiction to heloise2 below, and at possible anguish to the musicians who might prefer to keep Jay inside their enjoyable but inherently limited world, somebody convey to Jay the knowledge that his mind is simply adept at synthesizing complex arrays of information. Therefore, the more diverse knowledge he learns, inherently outside the music world, and the more real questions he asks of his resulting conclusions, and especially those of institutionally self-impressed and self-stagnated adults, answering his questions to identify the new syntheses, his mind will exponentially advance its knowledge, much to his inordinate enjoyment, and inordinate benefit to others if he manifests his knowledge, and if the inherent political and social attacks, because his advanced knowledge obviously threatens the intellectually stagnated, power-based institutions, are not successful.
May you learn the most knowledge of the most concepts, most efficiently.
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- Notice how many music prodigies are illuminated in the news, with some math prodigies also. Consider the subjects and the people involved. Now, why would prodigies, with minds capable of efficiently synthesizing complex arrays of data relating to human-caused problems, such as wars, to thus recognize solutions, not exist, or not be illuminated in the news? Consider the people involved. May you learn the most knowledge of the most concepts, most efficiently. DougBuchanan.com
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- Thanks for doing this piece but I was disturbed by the comments from the director from Julliard. He suggested that as Jay Greenberg matures he will come to question his talent. He suggested that it would be good for him to do that. Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! What makes Jay great is that he does not question what comes to him - he is a conduit for the music to flow through him. I think there would be more Jay Greenberg's out there but what stops them is they are taught by well meaning but misguided adults to question the genius within them. Wrong! They need to just accept their greatness. It is said that we all use only 10% of our brains. How many of us can say that we accept great ideas as they come to us and act on them? Isn't that what Jay Greenberg is doing?
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- At the very beginning of the story I told my fiance "Oh my god...its another Mozart." "He doesn't erase and it its all in his head already." I hope that he continues in Music and thanks 60 minutes for bringing a wonderful story that is positive.
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- An wonderful story about a true musical prodigy. Jay's ability to pen the compositions in his head gives us insight into the processes of the past masters. I'm sure history will place "Blue Jay" among them. Thanks '60 Minutes' for bringing this amazing young man to our attention, that we may now follow his music's progress.
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- I felt I was watching the rebirth of Mozart.
It gave me chills. He writes whole symphonies completely and perfectly by simply writing down what is in his head. I hope he as a long productive life. - Reply to this comment
- Thanks for doing the update on Jay Greenberg. I missed it the first time so it was a real treat to learn about him tonight. I was able to go online and order his 5th Symphony and am looking forward digging into his music. Let's hope he continues to develop his talent.
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