Comments on: Jim Jarmush: Nothing is original http://facilitatingchange.org/2008/10/jim-jarmush-nothing-original/ design + dialogue + technology Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:17:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christine http://facilitatingchange.org/2008/10/jim-jarmush-nothing-original/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Christine Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:11:28 +0000 http://www.facilitatingchange.org/?p=276#comment-136 And related to this listen to this podcast: Ars memorativa — the medieval craft of memory. From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's The Book Show. Seems like nothing's been original for a long long time. "In contemporary culture we tend to think of the imagination as the highest creative impulse. The imagination is seen as the ultimate source of originality and original thinking is what marks a true artist. But from the antiquities to medieval times memory was highly valued. Both Aristotle and Chaucer thought memory the most important tool a writer or a reader could have. Renowned medieval scholar Mary Carruthers talks about the lost art of memory." http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2436531.htm And related to this listen to this podcast: Ars memorativa — the medieval craft of memory. From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s The Book Show. Seems like nothing’s been original for a long long time.

“In contemporary culture we tend to think of the imagination as the highest creative impulse. The imagination is seen as the ultimate source of originality and original thinking is what marks a true artist. But from the antiquities to medieval times memory was highly valued. Both Aristotle and Chaucer thought memory the most important tool a writer or a reader could have. Renowned medieval scholar Mary Carruthers talks about the lost art of memory.”

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2436531.htm

]]> By: I never knew » Blog Archive » Nothing is Original http://facilitatingchange.org/2008/10/jim-jarmush-nothing-original/comment-page-1/#comment-40 I never knew » Blog Archive » Nothing is Original Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:08:18 +0000 http://www.facilitatingchange.org/?p=276#comment-40 [...] Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery — celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to.”—”Directing”: (via Christine) [...] [...] Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery — celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to.”—”Directing”: (via Christine) [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://facilitatingchange.org/2008/10/jim-jarmush-nothing-original/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Patrick Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:04:53 +0000 http://www.facilitatingchange.org/?p=276#comment-39 Your paragraph after the quote is as beautiful as Jarmush's quote :) Your paragraph after the quote is as beautiful as Jarmush’s quote :)

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