Impulse Reality 140

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     $$ $$                        "Originality is Dead!"                 
     $$ $$                           written by linear 
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    "Originality has simply become an art of concealing your resources." 
                                  --- Mogel 

	Nothing said or done or concieved is original, it's simply the  
intertwining of Concept A, supplied by an outside source, and Concept B, most 
likely also provided by an outside source, though usually one aside from that 
which provided Concept A. 

	The mixture of Concept A and Concept B leads us to believe that we  
have created new Concept C, and we congratulate ourselves. We are then led to 
believe, and preach to others, that Concept C was a creative, original stroke 
of genius spawned by deep thought and understanding. And as long as no one  
else is clever enough to discover and link together Concept A and Concept B 
for themselves, they congratulate us as well. 

	So now, Concept C is spread through the particular medium you find 
yourself involved with. 

 
                         LOOK HOW INNOVATIVE YOU ARE! 

 
	Having your ideas spread around is an amazing thing. You are praised. 
You praise yourself. Nothing negative can come from all this. No way. You're 
a creative genius, goddamit! 

	But something negative does come from all this; suddenly, your 
Concept C has become another's Concept A! And since we've recognized the 
pattern, we are aware that this new Concept A will only be jumbled in with 
some Concept B. 

	Well now, you say, that's great! That means you have INSPIRED some- 
one, right? How is this possibly a negative thing? 

	But that Concept C of yours is forgotten. No one remembers your deep 
thought or understanding. You're rewarded no gratitude for the inspriration 
gained through your Concept C. The only thing left of your ideas is what  
resulted when some other guy mixed them with yet more "creative" and  
"original" ideas, just like yours. Now it's someone else's Concept C that 
gets all the glory. What happened to YOUR praise? What happen to YOUR 
sentiments of congratulations? Are YOU not the genius? 

	Don't worry, though. The novelty of this new amazing concept will  
wear off just as quickly as it did for you. 

                             ORIGINALITY IS DEAD! 

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