“Great genial power, one would almost say, consists in not being original at all; in being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, via Against the Cult of Originality: Emerson on the True Nature of Genius – The Marginalian
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Imitation is an exercise in finding one's voice
Imitation is an exercise in finding one’s voice Make something in the style of an artist you admire.1 Don’t worry...