To say that all things are borrowed is such a common theme these days; I don’t know if this guy, James Porter has any originality in his body. I’m not sure I buy into all that stuff about how “nothing is original anymore”. Are things being borrowed from other people to create new ideas? Yes. Do those ideas help other thoughts become alive and animated? Yes. So while saying nothing is ‘created out of thin air original’, seems a little cynical to me. You need ideas to fuel dreams and theories. The way you create new things out of old ideas is what makes the creation so special to you. By incorporating thoughts from other things just gives your work a better foundation to stand on. I think Don Murray got it right. Just because something has been made, doesn’t mean it can’t be original to you. The way you present the information and what is added due to your influence makes it unique and autobiographical.
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