Must suck being Shakespear for sure. Not even dreams are original though, they’re influenced by what you see in reality and by mental structures common to all people - motives in dreams repeat across nations and ages. You can be authentic, but it’s arguablx impossible to be absolutely original. Do your art for yourself and others who appreciate it, but don’t gatekeep ideas.
What is really novel in art is very hard to define. Art is based on artists inspiring each other, reacting to each other, borrowing from each other, evolving other artists’s ideas, actualizing and restructuring ideas. That’s why history of art is so fun and interesting.
When a child dies because of them, I wouldn’t think a parent is ready for deep introspection and admitting the terrible mistake. Mental gymnastics are to be expected, it’s the mind’s self defence. Perhaps after some years…
I’m neither and I’m having fun here. Lots of science, Star Trek, cute animals, shitposts, thoughtful commentaries, books and movies… And things are getting better. It’s already so much better than when I first came.
The western democracy he put’s on the line is Europe and Canada, not the US. The US is gone.
Jurassic park comes true - so worth it, at least for the others.