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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4770210" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>I hear what you are saying and generally agree, but I think it is a mistake to equate originality with artistic quality, whether intentionally or not (I'm not sure you are doing either, but there is a common tendency to do so). Furthermore, I don't equate "vitalized" work with "original" work. Or rather, I don't see "originality" as equating with something new, as if all one has to do to be original is say "Imagine a universe where the clouds are actually the buttocks of great bilious deities and the trees are neon pink with tinsel fruit that sprout wings as they fall to the ground." Hey, that's a novel idea but is it <em>original</em>? I think not. "Original" means origin-al...from a place of origin. Primal. Archetypal. Something that is truly "original" will echo beyond itself; something that is just novel will die, quickly forgotten.</p><p></p><p>Or it may be that I am personally not interested in originality at all, but something more akin to that which carries <em>archetypal resonance</em>. The form it takes doesn't have to be original in the sense of <em>novel</em>, but I would like it to be able to hold depth, and to do so in an aesthetically pleasing manner (which can vary widely). I'd rather have simple yet resonant names like Gondor and Arnor than Exzidchopilop and Rxoripus. The latter are more novel, but they are flat; they don't carry meaning and won't bear children, so to speak. Gondor and Arnor will (and have already) live for ages. </p><p></p><p>This is not to say that I don't enjoy encountering something new, but that the sense of wonderment I am talking about--the deep experience of the imagination catching fire--has nothing (or very little) to do with novelty, and much more to do with what I am calling archetypal resonance...along with numerous other factors such as the much bandied-around term verisimilitude, aesthetic harmony, cultural relevance, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 4770210, member: 59082"] I hear what you are saying and generally agree, but I think it is a mistake to equate originality with artistic quality, whether intentionally or not (I'm not sure you are doing either, but there is a common tendency to do so). Furthermore, I don't equate "vitalized" work with "original" work. Or rather, I don't see "originality" as equating with something new, as if all one has to do to be original is say "Imagine a universe where the clouds are actually the buttocks of great bilious deities and the trees are neon pink with tinsel fruit that sprout wings as they fall to the ground." Hey, that's a novel idea but is it [I]original[/I]? I think not. "Original" means origin-al...from a place of origin. Primal. Archetypal. Something that is truly "original" will echo beyond itself; something that is just novel will die, quickly forgotten. Or it may be that I am personally not interested in originality at all, but something more akin to that which carries [I]archetypal resonance[/I]. The form it takes doesn't have to be original in the sense of [I]novel[/I], but I would like it to be able to hold depth, and to do so in an aesthetically pleasing manner (which can vary widely). I'd rather have simple yet resonant names like Gondor and Arnor than Exzidchopilop and Rxoripus. The latter are more novel, but they are flat; they don't carry meaning and won't bear children, so to speak. Gondor and Arnor will (and have already) live for ages. This is not to say that I don't enjoy encountering something new, but that the sense of wonderment I am talking about--the deep experience of the imagination catching fire--has nothing (or very little) to do with novelty, and much more to do with what I am calling archetypal resonance...along with numerous other factors such as the much bandied-around term verisimilitude, aesthetic harmony, cultural relevance, etc. [/QUOTE]
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