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Date Posted: 20:33:27 04/22/08 Tue
Author: Caitlin
Subject: Re: Rejection of Imitation in Music
In reply to: JPJ II 's message, "Rejection of Imitation in Music" on 20:24:25 04/20/08 Sun

I think this is a great idea. What is "originality"? Is there any true originality anymore in the modern world? What is "creativity"? I think that these are important questions to ask and to think about because art in its many forms plays a large part in the definition of our culture. I tend to share the same opinion as Girard in this matter. He's very correct. Modern society does reject imitation. It's a great paradox because for me art itself is an imitation in many ways. Is it not a representation of something else? Music representing emotion or a story, sculpture and painting and photography all imitate the world as we see it. Ah. This living paradox is simply fantastic. I think it's almost a double bind, no? We say we don't want imitation, but we imitate all the time.

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Re: Rejection of Imitation in Music -- Jfish, 19:03:04 04/23/08 Wed
- Re: Rejection of Imitation in Music -- Caitlin, 18:00:57 04/26/08 Sat
- Re: Rejection of Imitation in Music -- Shannon, 04:38:09 04/27/08 Sun
- More on Eliot and Tradition -- Shannon, 04:48:17 04/27/08 Sun
- Tradition and Hemingway -- Shannon, 04:59:41 04/27/08 Sun
- Jazz -- JPJ II, 10:06:01 04/27/08 Sun
Re: Rejection of Imitation in Music -- JD, 17:06:42 04/27/08 Sun
- Nothing New Under the Sun -- Shannon, 13:00:00 04/28/08 Mon
Re: Rejection of Imitation in Music -- Katelyn R., 09:01:43 05/01/08 Thu