everything is a remix
creativity is defined by the uniqueness and appeal of the combination of elements
by sari and · updated 4mo ago
everything is a remix
- “There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all t... See more
from A quote from Mark Twain's Own Autobiography
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
When something fits into a lucid, logical continuum, it’s generally remembered for how it (a) reinterprets the entity that influenced its creation, and (b) provides influence for whatever comes next.
from But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
All authors are just very refined plagiarists, recombining tokens based on formulas to produce strings that copy patterns found in their input. “Intelligence” is nothing more than the appearance of intelligence, and imitation is the same as the real thing
from The Magic in the Machine by Orion Magazine
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- Through DJing, sampling, mixing, music embodies so much of what we’re exploring. It’s our job as builders to find references that “re-unlock” the values we’re trying to embody in the present, and turn these into new forms. Allow yourself the joy of losing yourself in the inputs; this is the nature of remixes or samples. We’re both looking at the wo... See more
from Expanding Our Cultural Reference Points
Natalie Audelo added 10mo ago
- creativity is the world’s greatest recycling program
phoebe added 1y ago
- New discoveries often have to be conceived initially as variations of existing things,
even by their discoverers
, because there isn't yet the conceptual vocabulary to express them.from How to Do Great Work
sari added 1y ago
- It also helps to travel in topic space. You'll have more new ideas if you explore lots of different topics, partly because it gives the angle grinder more surface area to work on, and partly because analogies are an especially fruitful source of new ideas.
from How to Do Great Work
sari added 1y ago
- James Turrell took inspiration from astronomy and perceptual psychology. Coco Chanel was most influenced by nuns and religious symbols. David Adjaye drew from Yoruban sculpture, and Steve Jobs from Zen Buddhism and calligraphy. We could continue this list forever, but that’s not the point. The point is to look outside the confines of our industry t... See more
from Optimizing for Feelings by browsercompany.substack.com
sari added 1y ago
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