Cellmold
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Just as the title implies: Do you think originality is dead?
Every time I try to look at something in a new way or I gain a new insight into something, I realise that there is someone who got there first and then I realise that the chances are I had already picked up this information sub-consciously from said person and deluded myself into believing it was my own.
Human beings influence each other all the time; social osmosis is very real and one of the biggest influences in someones life.
Ive noticed a lot of recycled genre's and themes in the world of entertainment and fashion. New breakthroughs seem new, especially in science or medicine, but are usually just building upon what is already there. Although this isn't necessarily bad, (the refining of an idea to greater success or benefit for others is never a bad thing), it does make you think about what might happen once the idea's stop coming....
ps: I also know the irony in making a rather un-original topic on the nature of originality. And yes I think it is silly too.
Every time I try to look at something in a new way or I gain a new insight into something, I realise that there is someone who got there first and then I realise that the chances are I had already picked up this information sub-consciously from said person and deluded myself into believing it was my own.
Human beings influence each other all the time; social osmosis is very real and one of the biggest influences in someones life.
Ive noticed a lot of recycled genre's and themes in the world of entertainment and fashion. New breakthroughs seem new, especially in science or medicine, but are usually just building upon what is already there. Although this isn't necessarily bad, (the refining of an idea to greater success or benefit for others is never a bad thing), it does make you think about what might happen once the idea's stop coming....
ps: I also know the irony in making a rather un-original topic on the nature of originality. And yes I think it is silly too.