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Art, Music, History...and a little Sex
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Art, Music, History...and a little Sex Today's post was inspired by one of our favorite Blogesses Kitkat1415. Those of you who enjoy a thoughtful read should give her blog a glance or three. She's always thought provoking, with interesting perspectives to share. You might not always agree with all she has to say, but she will make you think... Her latest dealt with ( briefly paraphrasing ) two of the common execrations of the blog world. These were: Certain people thinking a particular blog was scurrilously aimed at them Alleged plagiarism in blog creation We felt inspired to post a reply to her (mostly) concerning the latter, but upon reflection felt that the concept was so universal as to warrant a posting here as well. If you'd like to read the original thoughts that brought us to this juncture, look for, "Use Words Like Mine, It's Fine, Really & I'm Not Aiming My Posts At Any One Person" on Kitkat1415's blog "Kinks and High Jinks" Have we mentioned that she's also very pretty? { Unsolicited Suck-Up  )Anyway... here's what we had to say on the subject of Intellectual Property rights while blogging. Hopefully she doesn't think we stole her idea  Ms Kitkat, It's always about me! In fact, Carly Simon DID write that song about me. But....Yes Ma'am, it does become more than somewhat tiresome to have to try to self-edit Everything one composes in an effort to avoid an alleged plagiarism. I simply resign myself to the truism that there are only so many words in the English language, so some overlap is bound to occur. Just as there are only so many notes to make music with, so some melodies will inevitably sound like others. I'm pretty sure George Harrison really didn't intend to base his "My Sweet Lord" on such a lyrical masterpiece as "He's So Fine", but someone managed to convince a jury that it was so. And thus we find ourselves in similar straights every time we put fingertips to keyboard { remember when that phrase was "put pen to paper"?? } But, please, take this into consideration... it IS 2016. Are there ever any truly Original ideas out there left to be purloined? When Plato died in 348 BC did he take all the Really good ideas to the grave with him? When he and his teacher Socrates, and his most famous student, Aristotle laid the very foundations of Western philosophy , did they leave us any thoughts or ideas that we could ever claim as completely our own? Well...of course. Because experience plays into the way a story is told, and perspective changes everything. Just as no two snowflakes are ever the same, so too are the way similar conceptions may be related. We've all had sex, but can only Adam and Eve talk about it , since they were the first to share in that particular escapade?? No one before them had ever even thought of the idea of<b> intercourse. </font></b>So does the idea belong only to them? { I try to tailor my analogies to the site we're using } Of course not. Ideas are simply that....Neurons transmitting pertinent information by electrochemical signaling. With 7.468 billion of us sharing this planet, would it come as a massive shock to find that any number of us had the same idea at exactly ( or near about ) the same time?? That's a lot of neurons firing... No.....I for one am content to believe that the things that we blog about are our own. As you suggest, something I see, or hear, or experience, may influence the direction I allow my words to wander, but the words I use ARE my own. I am not so modest as to be unaware that I can string a sentence together with some artistry, so I feel no need to apologize to anyone who has used parallel words in their own art. Like the colors of a palette, it is the hues and shades that set the tone, not the water, oil, or acrylic. Similarly, It is how we use our words that marks us, not just the ordering of a series of letters as they are laid out upon a page. But, I suppose, each of us must choose which hill we choose to die on. In our case, we have no desire to make this into a Little Big Horn. Some people will argue and debate this issue til the words turn to dust in their mouths. We choose acquiescence over perpetual struggle, retreat over a Last Stand. If anyone out there wants to believe that we need their help to compose our thoughts, they should feel free to do so. ( Likewise, any and all can use our thoughts to stir their own into words anytime they like. ) In the end, we take no real offense at either circumstance. They are only words. And in this firefight , I'd rather be Major Reno than Colonel Custer. |
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She is a wonderful blogger. An excellent write up her hugs V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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AND......a comment to go with all that. 
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