Thursday, April 10, 2014

On the Non-Necessity of Originality in Art

Not every performance needs to be new and different.  Not every poem needs to say something new.  It is perfectly acceptable to be the 17 millionth person to write a haiku about cherry blossoms, as long as what is said is still beautiful.

This is not to say that new things are not beautiful and worthy of being said, but one would be better served by yet another cherry blossom poem than novelty which has no merit other than novelty.

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