Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
It’s okay to borrow ideas, but you have to make them your own.
“Good ideas are not conjured out of thin air; they are built out of a collection of existing parts, the composition of which expands (and occasionally, contracts) over time.”
-“Where Good Ideas Come From” by Steven Johnson
the idea that creativity is combinatorial, that nothing is entirely original, that everything builds on what came before, and that we create by taking existing pieces of inspiration, knowledge, skill and insight that we gather over the course of our lives and recombining them into incredible new creations.
Maria Popova • Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Like a delicious recipe, most great ideas are based on a combination of ingredients - existing concepts and ideas put together in novel combinations.
In 2003, Tharp admitted in her book The Creative Habit that she is not as original as people think. She is, in fact, a thief.
Jeff Goins • Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
These ideas are now a commodity. Take them, remix them, incorporate them, build on them, or even throw them out, leave them sitting in the back of your head until they might be of use.