Truthfully, when I saw this name I thought it would be a woman...obviously I was mistaken. Jean was born on June 28th, 1712. in Geneva, Switzerland. Jean was a well known man in his day. In his lifetime he was a philosopher, author, political theorist, and a composer. Also he was one of the greatest figures of the French Enlightenment. The first 13 years of his life were pretty rough. 9 days after he was born his mother died. and when he was 10 his father fled the country to avoid imprisonment. Getting a job at 13, but was later dismissed to watchmaking. He was locked out of the city gates and had not money or any obvious talents. Jean had a lot of jobs in his lifetime, most of them he did not like. Later in 1743, his first musical work was published. Later Jean was banished from France and moved around trying to find out where to go. Eventually, Jean was allowed back to France and settled in Paris, where he died on July 2nd, 1778. It's not official but it is suspected that he died of kidney disease.
Jean's quote today is, "The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless." I definitely agree with him. Just look at kids. They can run around and play with their toys for hours, and they just keep coming up with different scenarios in their heads. But in reality, monsters don't come and you don't come to save the day. You get an education and get a job, you get married and have kids, and you settle and pay bills until you die at the age of 80, that is the reality. Sometimes it makes me want to find a way to hide in my imagination.
The word for today is, Guise: External appearance.
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