salience
November 24, 2002
Sad... I was just reading one of my favorite blogs, BluishOrange.
I've never met this girl, just found her site from a link from a friend's site. I hadn't read it in awhile so I was happy to see a new post. I read it, but then my heart fell:I recognized the words. The very friend through which I found this blog had taken Alison's quote and used it as her AIM profile, with a disclaimer saying she had not read the work.
And I mean, that's okay, I guess... but not very original, y'know?
I'm just a little, okay--really disappointed... I've always associated creativity with this friend, she has always been one of the exceptions from the norm, someone I've always admired, someone who has always extrapolated the deepest thoughts from a simple book, and now...
But this brings me to my next issue:
There is nothing really wrong with what this friend did. I mean, I quote song lyrics all of the time. But that is different; these lyrics mean more to me than I can explain. I'm not quoting a quote of another; I haven't not been exposed to the material and then alluded to it. I think that is what bothers me the most. The lack of depth: the pure face value.
I've never met this girl, just found her site from a link from a friend's site. I hadn't read it in awhile so I was happy to see a new post. I read it, but then my heart fell:I recognized the words. The very friend through which I found this blog had taken Alison's quote and used it as her AIM profile, with a disclaimer saying she had not read the work.
And I mean, that's okay, I guess... but not very original, y'know?
I'm just a little, okay--really disappointed... I've always associated creativity with this friend, she has always been one of the exceptions from the norm, someone I've always admired, someone who has always extrapolated the deepest thoughts from a simple book, and now...
But this brings me to my next issue:
There is nothing really wrong with what this friend did. I mean, I quote song lyrics all of the time. But that is different; these lyrics mean more to me than I can explain. I'm not quoting a quote of another; I haven't not been exposed to the material and then alluded to it. I think that is what bothers me the most. The lack of depth: the pure face value.
lasaliente, 15:26
