Artists, If You Want To Be Original, Steal From Your Idols

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are what become the signposts for the future of civilization, pointing tomorrow’s generations towards new, uncertain yet fertile artistic territory.However, unless you’re born a genius, achieving such a level of creative freshness requires a herculean effort. While most imaginative people are born with some latent aptitude for their chosen craft, they didn’t enter this world ready to break the future and replace it something better.For those of us who aren’t a Mozart, a Jobs, or an Einstein, we have to suffer, bleed, and crack from the stress of creation to make any sort of impact on a given cultural domain.Those who choose a life of abstraction are forever cursed with a vision, and blessed with the inability to fully actualize it. Artists are, after all, a dangerous breed, and society has good reason to fear those who dedicate their existence to tearing down the walls of tradition.Which brings me to my initial point of why a budding artisan should confiscate the methods and ideas of innovative luminaries. Most students of invention require some sort of template of what artistic idiosyncrasy looks like.In sho

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rt, studying the masters serves as the launching pad for our individuality.So how does one borrow, lift, pilfer, etc. from artists in a productive way (and one that avoids lawsuits)?When examining the work of someone you admire, clearly identify the characteristics that resonate most with you, then incorporate those elements into your own work as personal creative exercises.Also, being particular about which features you choose to assimilate and disregard is also a great way to develop taste, a trait that far too few artists take the time to develop.As you broaden your cognitive arsenal with your learnings, never be afraid to consider how you can improve upon the achievements of heroes. This may seem arrogant, but remember that you’re an artist, which means you have more license for such intellectual deviance if it means forging work that inspires.Once armed with an ample repository of creative knowledge, you’ll be better equipped to stand out from the pack, and therefore better equipped to answer the question, “how can I do this differently?” — and thus give birth to your own originality.</article></body>

Originality requires inspiration.

For some time now, I’ve been involved with the war on mediocrity.

As culture stagnates, it normalizes creative complacency, producing an epidemic of commonness that spreads throughout the artistic intelligentsia.

However, I posit that one effective antidote is for aspiring artists to study — and ultimately steal from — the works of the aesthetic authorities of antiquity as a means of combating the debilitating effects of normalcy.

Make no mistake — I strongly believe that originality should be one of the highest aims of every creative practitioner. That artists should constantly strive to push their medium forward, serving as test pilots for an unwritten cultural destiny.

After all, history has shown us that works of staggering singularity are what become the signposts for the future of civilization, pointing tomorrow’s generations towards new, uncertain yet fertile artistic territory.

However, unless you’re born a genius, achieving such a level of creative freshness requires a herculean effort. While most imaginative people are born with some latent aptitude for their chosen craft, they didn’t enter this world ready to break the future and replace it something better.

For those of us who aren’t a Mozart, a Jobs, or an Einstein, we have to suffer, bleed, and crack from the stress of creation to make any sort of impact on a given cultural domain.

Those who choose a life of abstraction are forever cursed with a vision, and blessed with the inability to fully actualize it. Artists are, after all, a dangerous breed, and society has good reason to fear those who dedicate their existence to tearing down the walls of tradition.

Which brings me to my initial point of why a budding artisan should confiscate the methods and ideas of innovative luminaries. Most students of invention require some sort of template of what artistic idiosyncrasy looks like.

In short, studying the masters serves as the launching pad for our individuality.

So how does one borrow, lift, pilfer, etc. from artists in a productive way (and one that avoids lawsuits)?

When examining the work of someone you admire, clearly identify the characteristics that resonate most with you, then incorporate those elements into your own work as personal creative exercises.

Also, being particular about which features you choose to assimilate and disregard is also a great way to develop taste, a trait that far too few artists take the time to develop.

As you broaden your cognitive arsenal with your learnings, never be afraid to consider how you can improve upon the achievements of heroes. This may seem arrogant, but remember that you’re an artist, which means you have more license for such intellectual deviance if it means forging work that inspires.

Once armed with an ample repository of creative knowledge, you’ll be better equipped to stand out from the pack, and therefore better equipped to answer the question, “how can I do this differently?” — and thus give birth to your own originality.