But I also like kouredios's idea that Art is your child, who grows up and takes on the influences of other people and forms into their own entity independent from you, which is what real children do. I have a five year old and a two year old, and I can say that while it's obvious who made them, they are their own people entirely. Art is the same way.
People who are uber controlling about their creations or uber controlling about their children are both in the wrong.
I admit that your critiques of the metaphor are spot on, though. Metaphors aren't supposed to be perfect or too heavily relied on.
Yeah, I do get the "art as children" metaphor. It makes sense on a rational level to a certain point, and very much so on an emotional level (I feel pretty damn attached to my own fic).
Like you say, it's the part where people start to use it as an excuse to control their children/art that it goes off the rails entirely. Because something you thought up isn't really like your actual child at all, and claiming that it is and that it's your parental right and duty to "protect" it from abuse is just nonsense. A story doesn't have the same needs as a real kid.
being the proud owner *cough*slave*cough* to two cats of my own, i actually kind of like your metaphor. actually i think it all just goes back to the original quote, you interpret things however you personally want to interpret them
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I like your metaphor even as unrefined as it is.
But I also like kouredios's idea that Art is your child, who grows up and takes on the influences of other people and forms into their own entity independent from you, which is what real children do. I have a five year old and a two year old, and I can say that while it's obvious who made them, they are their own people entirely. Art is the same way.
People who are uber controlling about their creations or uber controlling about their children are both in the wrong.
I admit that your critiques of the metaphor are spot on, though. Metaphors aren't supposed to be perfect or too heavily relied on.
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Like you say, it's the part where people start to use it as an excuse to control their children/art that it goes off the rails entirely. Because something you thought up isn't really like your actual child at all, and claiming that it is and that it's your parental right and duty to "protect" it from abuse is just nonsense. A story doesn't have the same needs as a real kid.
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