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Jillian Hess's avatar

My favorite art involves some sort of remix, so I loved this post! The section on scent was especially unexpected! Also, very cool to learn more about Jolene!

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

What is original? Nothing is. It is perceived as such by some because they lack the pretext. A literary term that defines the sum of "texts" known to the recipient at the moment of absorbing "text". An author may intertextually refer to other works a reader knows and as such the reader will recognise the reference. People may not know the details about the invention of the light bulb, they lack the pretext. Same with any work in any medium throughout history, as Tim wrote about Shakespeare. A fascinating topic. How can we be original? Does it matter?

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