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nothing new under the sun

I quit trying to be different a long very time ago. I just did what I liked without worrying about originality.

You heard the answer years ago.

 
Dirt biker. Figures. I saw them hills once. Out here we call them thar kind of hills gopher mounds.
 
The harder people try to look different, the more they all look the same.

Yep. No need to jump through flaming hoops to be different. The inconvenient truth for these people is that by definition they already are uniquely different. That's why fingerprints can send one to jail for a crime.

Some people never learn that simple and liberating truth...

Ken
 
don't you see the connection between creativity and individuality?

individuality is transformative ?
creating something is transforming it ..
expressing individuality is not
 
More like inbreeding where they do all share the same DNA and nobody in the whole zip code can be convicted of a crime.
 
The harder people try to look different, the more they all look the same.

Yes, true.

But the only reason they try to look different is that what they really want is to FEEL different.

To feel special.

They want to be a part of the tribe, but still special.
 
"...a significant portion of the world's population..."

Ken
 
Drew, I always found you to be an incredibly interesting character or one hell of a bullshitter.

Still not sold on which one I believe, for what it's worth.

But either or, it's still entertaining.

Ha ha, Blansky... look who's talkin'. I do enjoy your posts though!!
 

Some of my neighbors refer to me as a snowflake, or polar bear, or cracker, etc. I don't mind them thinking of me as a polar bear or cracker but the "snowflake" descriptive has a connotation I don't think I fit. Ha ha!!
 
It's not always all about you, really.

If I say it wasn't directed at you or anyone in particular, you can believe me.
 
Henri Cartier-Bresson said:

"As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means of visual expression. It is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one’s own originality. It is a way of life."

I pay attention to the last part especially.


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