The point of originality is evolution

It’s by definition original if it’s new

 

To evolve one must go beyond

Go beyond the known and old

Go into the unknown, go into the wild — and return with something new

Some new contribution

 

Some new contribution

But not just any contribution

The point of originality is not originality — it is evolution

The contribution must relate to the pre-existing structure

Thus there can be useless originality — or there can be originality which is indicative of evolution, elevation, change, the new

 

Likewise — unoriginality should be a stepping stone

Before you go beyond the map — you must first get to the edge of the map

You traverse the known before you can discover the unknown

 

Unoriginality should be a stepping stone

Originality is some indication of the new, the uncharted, the unexplored, the promising, the transcendent

Now the problem emerges when you confuse the two

 

The problem emerges when you confuse the two

When you reinvent the wheel and rediscover the obvious

When you engage in the obvious and unoriginal as though it is original and unexplored

When you fail to appreciate the original, the unusual, the fantastical

 

I do believe it is a problem when someone becomes too comfortable in his own little nieche

I do believe it is a problem when someone engages oneself in false creativity

It betrays elementary self-delusion

Deluding oneself about the substance of one’s work

Playing stupid games and separating oneself from the real world, real growth, real progress

 

Likewise I do believe the fantastical and original is elementarily underrated and misunderstood

Obviously it’s misunderstood — it is unknown — and as said: it’s often unrelatable

However the returns from the unknown are utterly disproportionate

Experimentation is thus precarious in nature — but potentially extremely remunerative

I do believe one ought to be biased in favour of the unknown, experimentation, exploration, innovation

 

Thus please understand the meaning of “originality”

THE POINT IS EVOLUTION

Ask yourself about someone’s work — is it evolving — or is it merely weird?

Ask yourself about someone — is he evolving — or is he just looking for attention

AND consider background. Is that organisation, or that person — is it even in the place to evolve?

It the time ripe for evolution? Or is it premature? Is the technology ready? Is the culture ready? Etc.

There are all those questions — and they should guide you in this strange world of strange things and strange men — and our quest for something substantial, something meaningful, something creative and original