We Can’t All Be Geniuses

I know I’ve already mentioned Ann Powers’s book, Travelling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell, but it’s on my mind again this week: specifically, her attempt to unpick the use of the word “genius”. She has some really interesting things to say, and I’m not going to paraphrase them here, but this particular quote made me smile: “It’s an accolade Mitchell’s friends love to attach to her, especially the men; they usually say it with an oversized air of wonderment.”