making everyday, ordinary ideas uniquetechnoblueMarch 20 2009, 15:44:55 UTC
In my experience, or rather (I should say) as I have matured, I have come to understand that ideas are not the focal point of any of my creative endeavors. Whether I am writing, drawing, snapping photographs, playing a tune, or pulling together some markup for a web page, it is my voice -- how I choose to express those ideas that creates the unique component.
For example, we could both be given the same model to photograph, the same camera to take the pictures, and come up with contrasting results just because of how we choose to approach the subject matter. The same could be said about any other art form, even writing. So, expanding on my example, we both could then be assigned the task to write a narrative for our pictures. Would this second half of our imaginary project end up being bland or dull because we were originally tasked to use the same source material for the photographs themselves? Hardly. At least, I have yet to be shown that people experience life in exactly the same way. And this seasoning, I find, feeds into individual, even collective works of creation. (Would it be okay to say art at this point?)
Similarly, as bruorton points out, everyone is pulling from their own reference of derivative works. Some of us read the same things or listen to the same music, but we do not have exactly the same interests! It's hard to imagine a world without disparities. I would also like to note that I believe real-life events feed into our voice: I cannot help but be affected by scenes in nature, a fantastic scientific discovery, some moving accomplishment, strangers walking down the street holding hands, or a tragedy that shakes the core of humanity. There may be some parallelism in your own real-life list. Then again, it could be something completely you. And that is a wonderful thing! It will help whatever you write or create reflect more of yourself too. And that is what will make your creations unique.
For example, we could both be given the same model to photograph, the same camera to take the pictures, and come up with contrasting results just because of how we choose to approach the subject matter. The same could be said about any other art form, even writing. So, expanding on my example, we both could then be assigned the task to write a narrative for our pictures. Would this second half of our imaginary project end up being bland or dull because we were originally tasked to use the same source material for the photographs themselves? Hardly. At least, I have yet to be shown that people experience life in exactly the same way. And this seasoning, I find, feeds into individual, even collective works of creation. (Would it be okay to say art at this point?)
Similarly, as bruorton points out, everyone is pulling from their own reference of derivative works. Some of us read the same things or listen to the same music, but we do not have exactly the same interests! It's hard to imagine a world without disparities. I would also like to note that I believe real-life events feed into our voice: I cannot help but be affected by scenes in nature, a fantastic scientific discovery, some moving accomplishment, strangers walking down the street holding hands, or a tragedy that shakes the core of humanity. There may be some parallelism in your own real-life list. Then again, it could be something completely you. And that is a wonderful thing! It will help whatever you write or create reflect more of yourself too. And that is what will make your creations unique.
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