BRILLIANCE
Volume One

Brilliance is manifest in the human race in a vast myriad of extraordinary expressions. From art to music, philosophy and dance, sculpture, poetry and ceramics, virtually every human endeavor has produced incredible and amazing creations. Think of the architectural achievements of the great world civilizations. We stand in awe of the almost infinite variations of the expressions of creative intelligence: Film making, scientific discovery, theatre, medicine, fashion, ceramics, hair styling, psychology, even warfare… the list never ends — every single human undertaking throughout history has resulted in some level of brilliant expression. Where dies this brilliance come from? Why are some people more capable of creative intelligence while most seem to be just swimming with the fishes? The concept of the so-called “Intelligence Quotient” is just a small part, and even sometimes insignificant part, of what creative intelligence entails.

The Brilliance series is a Celebration of Creative Intelligence. Volumes I, II and III are expected to be published by fall 2026. The companion tome, A Compendium of Genius, is being published along with the first three volumes and will contain an almanac of all of the most well known people in history and today who have been described as brilliant and/or genius. Within this book we expect to list at least 3000 of the most well known figures alphabetically, chronologically, geographically, and by subject matter.

Join us on a fascinating journey of discovery as we explore the lives and the circumstances of some of the greatest people who have ever incarnated on this planet and find out the secrets of their brilliance.