The
title asks an important question, doesn’t it?
Are you an original? And how do
you answer this question?
Your
finger prints are original and unique to
Your
eye prints are also.
So
is your voice pattern.
And
how about your DNA?
I’ve
written on this topic three other times, if you care to check them out.
In
my blog “A Time for Rhyme” blog on September 12, 2017, I wrote Sometimes I Steal.
“In All about People” on
February 24,2014
I
Am a Thief
And in “Morning Notes” on
October 14, 2013 I wrote a piece called Sometimes
I Steal.
When
it comes to talent development, I’m a thief … until I learn to make it my own,
and then it becomes original.
How
else are we to become original? We learn
from others. We copy. We mimic.
Paul
McCartney of the Beatles once said, “I emulated Buddy Holly, Little Richard,
Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis. We all did.”
I
love this. Listen up.
~Johnny
Carson tried to be Jack Benny and ended up being Johnny Carson.
~David
Letterman tried to copy Johnny Carson but ended up being David Letterman.
~Conan
O’Brien tried to be David Letterman but ended up being Conan O’Brien.
And
by today’s standards we would all consider each of these individuals unique and
original in their craft.
As a
young drummer, I listened to Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Joe Morello for hours
at a time. I would slow down their
recordings to hear their drum licks and then emulate them. Soon I was taking their style and making it
my own.
Austin
Kleon, in his book Steal Like an Artist, said this
I
love what Goethe said:
So,
what do you love? Then first borrow
it. In time, you’ll make it your own and
then you will truly be an original.
P Michael Biggs
Offering
Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word at
a Time
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