tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post8868664693130912816..comments2023-03-29T12:22:36.534+01:00Comments on postcards from behind the hedge and beyond: ✳ Inspiration or Plagiarism ✳ {opening the debate}Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07671697706332339772noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-69855857525137027532009-10-16T17:08:36.634+01:002009-10-16T17:08:36.634+01:00Francesca,
Those pesky middle of the night ideas a...Francesca,<br />Those pesky middle of the night ideas are so annoying~shall I wake up a bit more and write it down or hope that it's good enough to stay with me? and then when you awake it's gone and you know that it was the best idea ever floating off to the big 'never-to-be repeated' idea valley.<br />Thanks for the nice comments and I feel sufficiently talked off the ledge now!<br />(*)Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671697706332339772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-53923205937066161252009-10-16T15:46:25.666+01:002009-10-16T15:46:25.666+01:00hellooooo! i read a post like this quite often and...hellooooo! i read a post like this quite often and it seems that something a bit dodgy will happen to all of us at one time or another. <br />keep blogging (if you don't mind!). i think yours is one of the original ones, with very much your own stamp. i love your little typed postcards especially.<br /><br />my best ideas seem to come in the middle of the night. where from i do not know but i grab them and run!<br /><br />i have been copied by a clothing label before, it was horrible, but in the end there was nothing i could do but write to them, ask them to acknowledge the similarities and remove them from sale. they did eventually.<br /><br />how beautiful is chocolategirl's last paragraph, a lovely way to think about it. <br /><br />p.s. i sound all serene but in reality i would be absolutely livid!Francescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08954827534874460662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-83804476236382202042009-10-13T17:52:52.675+01:002009-10-13T17:52:52.675+01:00Jane, Welcome to my blog! Glad you dropped in, lov...Jane, Welcome to my blog! Glad you dropped in, love the comment too. Great to have a lawyer on the team, I'm getting bored with artists.<br /><br />Only joking girls...come baaaaaaack.<br /><br />Anie~thanks for dropping in...It's certainly not a coincidence that a lot of images look similar and they get more and more diluted without the original inspiration. I suppose the secret is to let it go. Even if you think it's yours. If you have one great spark of inspiration, you'll have a thousand because that's the way you are programmed.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671697706332339772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-43554125803846001582009-10-13T09:04:52.991+01:002009-10-13T09:04:52.991+01:00Am sure many of us think about these issues. While...Am sure many of us think about these issues. While I like to roam around the web, am often disturbed by how similar a lot of work is. Maybe there's some thread in the collective unconscious, but more likely its copying.I certainly don't agree with the 'sincerest form of flattery' line.We can't help being influenced by our times, our personality etc.& I'm sure everyone has noticed at some stage how an emotion or thought will move through a whole group - not personal.Ultimately it's all imagination. Still.. I quite like thinking it's 'my' idea.anie williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03491353049693621387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-18840821236258777442009-10-12T22:04:19.739+01:002009-10-12T22:04:19.739+01:00I have just found your lovely blog. I agree it is...I have just found your lovely blog. I agree it is a true dilemma. Nothing is really truly utterly original though is it. We are all still human beings with mostly the same DNA if you know what I mean. And as Anna says being inspired by something is completely different to copying. And as a lawyer I know that is absolutely true. So keep on doing your own thing and don't worry too much!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475155333546477042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-41980683175873046422009-10-05T11:31:54.381+01:002009-10-05T11:31:54.381+01:00That will teach me to post in a bad huffy mood! I ...That will teach me to post in a bad huffy mood! I love all your thoughts and comments. <br />Anna! Thank you for being so cool...I keep seeing potential 'arrangements' in everything and it's all your lovely fault.<br />Choc Girl! Food for thought... & there's only 26 letters in the alphabet and look what we manage to achieve with those? <br />Suzie! In Rainbows is up there with my top ten albums..I am secretly in love with Thom Yorke and at least he has the grace and strength to acknowledge his muse. I think that was supposed to be my ultimate point. <br />Just had a tippity tappety click click tut tut tantrum. <br />All better now. I've moved on to indifference!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671697706332339772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-68710455321582832122009-10-05T09:58:29.235+01:002009-10-05T09:58:29.235+01:00Great post, and no I'm not in the slightest of...Great post, and no I'm not in the slightest offended Lou :) Thank you for the mention! <br /><br />I think this is a really interesting topic for discussion. We've all recently seen the fallout of Samantha Beeston's plagiarism of various illustrators' work and there's no denying how shocking and baffling that is. But being inspired IS different to copying someone's work.<br /><br />Your rows of chillies were instantly pleasing to my eyes because I too love rows of arranged objects, but then so do a lot of people! And that's why for centuries we humans have been collecting and arranging artifacts. There's something incredibly satisfying about the whole process of finding and treasuring things don't you think?<br /><br />I think there will always be trends in art and design as we try to respond to the world around us with intelligence and sensitivity. Those of us in cities will often gravitate towards natural imagery, landscapes etc just like those of us with a love of nostalgia might work with retro typography and colours. There will always be themes in what we do.<br /><br />The thing that I like about blogging is that we always try to credit people accordingly, and are often keen to try and work out where ideas come from. As interesting as this is, sometimes I think this can work negatively as it's effectively curbing our natural flow of ideas. I think you're right that we must grab all ideas that come to us, on the bus, in the bath, out on a walk wherever. Self-consciousness can be really destructive I find. I think as long as we keep getting work made and enjoy it because it's personal and means something to us then we will all progress as artists.Anna Bettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275212013905779314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-38089218527189845142009-10-05T07:56:07.852+01:002009-10-05T07:56:07.852+01:00Oh where to begin! To be honest, I have had to lea...Oh where to begin! To be honest, I have had to learn to stop worrying about this. It used to be almost to the point of obssesion (Virgo here too!) that I strove for 'originality' in my student days, but now I question if it really even exists? I realise how much of a sponge I am, and how inspiration comes from so many sources, and indeed I'm positive things I see on the internet seep their way into my subconciousness. Acknowledgement of that is the best you can do. For instance, I am quite possibly the biggest Radiohead fan on the planet, who are pretty much the most inventive and original band out there; yet Thom Yorke relishes citing his influences and makes no bones about copying other great musicians that have gone before. That, to me, is truly artistic....to put up your hand and be counted. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.<br /><br />Having said that, I have personally been openly plagiarised recently and had to tackle the 'artist' in question, who got very, very defensive and unpleasant (they did remove their work from the internet, however!)<br /><br />I shall continue to upload my images, share my ideas and inspiration as there is, as you so rightly said, a danger of working in a vacuum and becoming isolated, and because it is one of the fun parts of being an artist, along with the starving in the garrett, of course!<br />Please keep on sharing your great ideas with us, for your sake as much as ours!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00294031837043482355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-84693929033457867142009-10-04T17:46:01.989+01:002009-10-04T17:46:01.989+01:00I read somewhere that "great work comes from ...I read somewhere that "great work comes from standing on the shoulders of those that come before you".<br />We have our own personal visual vocabulary to create. All of this is filtered through observations and admirations. Surely that means that nothing is truly unique. It’s translated and observed and hopefully made somehow distinctive. <br />There is a big world of talent out there ~ some we have seen, we know and aspire to. But what about the big huge massive tree of creativity that we haven't? Sometimes you stumble on something and recognise it as being part of your thinking, your tribe, your vibe.<br />The musical scale has only 8 notes ~ 12 in an octave. You'd think that all the possible combinations would have been exploited by now.<br />But music plays on and so should you.<br /><br />ps make sweet chilli sauce and try it with dark chocchocolategirl64https://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-24320036807195955952009-10-04T16:06:42.020+01:002009-10-04T16:06:42.020+01:00Thanks Valerie, I totally agree, I'm not going...Thanks Valerie, I totally agree, I'm not going to stop, because I have a wealth of ideas. When I see an imitator then I shall just change direction. It's just sooo annoying. But I wont lose sleep, not unless it's for my next great masterpiece (tongue firmly in cheek)<br />(*)Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671697706332339772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956548883659378427.post-82077575888917562872009-10-04T14:32:17.325+01:002009-10-04T14:32:17.325+01:00I'd rather post than not. I make jewelry and h...I'd rather post than not. I make jewelry and have worked with a lot of jewelry artists. They are always afraid of someone copying their work and you know what at some point that will happen. What that means is you need to continue to push your work to change and go to the next level. If you worry about others copying all the time you rob yourself of time to create. Be positive and realize you are inspiring others and keep on blogging!Valerie A. Heck Esmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993028165787594613noreply@blogger.com