2009

Nothing Is Original

· Alec Couros

A poetic reminder of the differences between originality and authenticity.

Nothing Is Original

via Swiss Miss.

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Brian

Nice one… as is your juxtaposition of originality and authenticity.

Robert Rowe

Nice! Reminds me of my music history professor when he’d say, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” (usually referring to a Bach reference in a 20th century piece)

Scott Leslie

…or maybe he was referring to the “original” quote from the Book of Ecclesiastes – "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." Or maybe Shakespeare’s Sonnet 59 “If there be nothing new, but that which is” or…

I like the Jarman quote, but I’m still pimping for the one I coined with Brian last year at OpenEd – “Not copyright, but copy WELL.”