# Borrowed creativity Created On: 10-13-2022 07:21 pm Type: #note/literature📖 Tags: [[Second Brain]] --- ## Body * We need to recognize that nothing, especially creatively, is never really original * Art and creativity are constant forms of remixes - where we’re evolving existing ideas, whether old or new. * Influence enables creativity * “Genius” is something we often attribute to people who generate “new ideas” quickly, but really genius is achieved when we draw from our existing understanding - when we generate new ideas/products/concepts through the assimilation of ideas * School taught us not to borrow - it was considered cheating. --- ## References 1. Borrowed Creativity - [[The Build A Second Brain Podcast]]