Today was definitely a long one.
I had art history from 10-10:50, digital imaging from 12-1:20, studio art from 2-3:20, then I had work from 4-7. I just finished a couple of reading responses, so I'm BEAT.
I don't think I have anything particularly profound to say today... other than a bit of ranting about originality.
A couple weeks ago in my studio art 1B class, we had a discussion about originality. What defines originality? Who's to say what's original? I thought it was interesting at the time, but sort of dismissed it. As of last Friday, I feel like I'm in a sort of originality-situtuation. ha.
Last quarter in my 1A journal, I turned Barack Obama into Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe silkscreened painting. It was before the election and I was just expressing my feeling of Obama becoming more of a celebrity than anything else. It wasn't meant as an insult - I just found it very similar to the way Marilyn Monroe was considered more of an icon than even an actress.
Well, when Maymay and I went to Melrose last Friday, I walked past a beautifully collaged wall (the picture is on my last post). Someone had the same idea and did the same thing!
So this lead me to think... was my idea REALLY original? I came up with it all on my own, but it seems I am not the only one to have thought this way. I feel like my idea is original because I didn't "steal" it from anyone else, but at the same time I feel like it's not original because someone else came up with it too!
Do great minds really think alike?
Monday, February 2, 2009
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I think it is original but when you use imitation as a form of art, you run into the possibility that others do the same because you are imitating the same thing. I guess it's like whether or not you think spoofs are original.
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