How To Be Original
How To Be Original
Written by Tracey
Now I’m shouting FBombs and colouring the air in my office blue… “HAVE I COPIED PEOPLE?!” I. HAVE. AN. ALARMING. OBSESSIVE. STIFLING. NEED. TO. BE. ORIGINAL. Now alarmed and Googling, tabs flying open like beer during Spring Break. ORIGINALITY. INNOVATION. IDEAS. I am silenced as I learn from those who have already ventured into this vortex. See the irony in that? The irony on using The Google isn’t lost on me either, so wipe that wry grin off your face.
I worked so hard at being original, it cost me hours and days of procrastination. Can you relate? Are you so in your head thinking about all the ways you could be original you fail to launch anything?
Instead, let go. Stop thinking. Forget everything you know and create.
Your interpretation or version of things is your unique expression. Even if people are vaguely familiar with what you’ve produced (and you haven’t blatantly copied someone), your unique creative twist on things may be exactly what resonates for people.
For example, I bet you didn’t know that some of our iconic pop songs
were inspired by classical music. For example, Maroon 5, “Memories” was adapted from Pachelbel – Canon in D. Another industry that consistently co-opts things is the movie industry.
Filmmakers adapt great books for the screen. In turn, those great books have been inspired by lived experiences sprinkled with just the perfect blend of fact and fiction to keep us entertained.
And so, release yourself and in the words of Elizabeth Gilbert, “create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”
Written by Tracey
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