Adam Lisagor is pretty awesome. I don’t know too much about him, just that:

1. He’s one of the funniest people on Twitter.
2. He developed one of the coolest apps available for the iPhone.
3. He’s 1/3 of one of the best podcasts on iTunes.
4. He is the world’s foremost Fishstick instructor.

He also has a blog rich in found content, which I unintentionally visited last night while sorting, filing, and cataloging more than 400 loose bookmarks in Firefox (please don’t ask). During this task, I clicked on a link that — several months ago — I had re-titled simply: “Genius.” (This is ironic, because I didn’t remember where the link would take me, which seems to be the opposite of genius.) It directed me to one of Mr. Lisagor’s entries, the main content of which is reproduced below. It is wisdom about art and performance and ultimately life imparted by Thelonious Monk to a young saxophone player. It is genius and applies to much more than the mastery of reed instruments. We could all heed Monk’s advice, regardless of profession.

[Unfortunately, I end this post on another note of non-genius. I now realize that the original post was from Neven Mrgan, another funny, funny guy. My apologies, sir. Thelonius said: “Always know.” One of these days I might absorb that.]