For at least a quarter century now, there has been "a benevolent conspiracy" among influential musical figures to fend off burnout by trying to foster "a more humanistic, nonexploitative approach to the development of talent," as the writer Marie Winn put it in a New York Times Magazine article in 1979. _The Prodigy Puzzle - New York Times_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/magazine/20prodigies.html) page 9 Susannah Benson Creative Memories Unit Leader Willow Street, PA 717-464-0963 _swbenson@aol.com_ (mailto:swbenson@aol.com) _www.creativememories.com/swbenson_ (http://www.creativememories.com/swbenson)