Comments on: Random thoughts on influence & derivation http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2009/07/31/random-thoughts-on-influence-derivation/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Helen Conway http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2009/07/31/random-thoughts-on-influence-derivation/comment-page-1/#comment-21812 Helen Conway Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:19:45 +0000 http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/?p=3989#comment-21812 Interesting post. I think that we are supposed to be influenced by others work. But influence is not to copy. But to be inspired by or to take something a step further or to personalise is part of the natural process of design. And often there will be an accidental overlap ( See my comment on Rennie Mackintosh roses where I thought there was an influence and you had made something new and fresh and individual, when in fact you had never heard of the man!) For me the comnputer on/off debate is more about getting the time and the balance right between 'looking at' and actually 'doing'. Your post has also made me rethink a dilemma I frequently come up against - is it right to be inspired by art/design which is clearly of someone elses culture? Maybe it is coming from a post-colonial era but is it still plundering if I take inspiration from an artifact even if I am not removing the actual artifact to the British Museum? Time to write my own post not a long comment on your blog I think! Interesting post. I think that we are supposed to be influenced by others work. But influence is not to copy. But to be inspired by or to take something a step further or to personalise is part of the natural process of design. And often there will be an accidental overlap ( See my comment on Rennie Mackintosh roses where I thought there was an influence and you had made something new and fresh and individual, when in fact you had never heard of the man!) For me the comnputer on/off debate is more about getting the time and the balance right between ‘looking at’ and actually ‘doing’. Your post has also made me rethink a dilemma I frequently come up against - is it right to be inspired by art/design which is clearly of someone elses culture? Maybe it is coming from a post-colonial era but is it still plundering if I take inspiration from an artifact even if I am not removing the actual artifact to the British Museum? Time to write my own post not a long comment on your blog I think!

]]> By: Judy http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2009/07/31/random-thoughts-on-influence-derivation/comment-page-1/#comment-21801 Judy Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:13:11 +0000 http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/?p=3989#comment-21801 Brenda, Thoughtful subject this, I'm a writer and poet as well as a quilter and have always hesitated to share what i'm working on, likewise with quilts. I so related to To Robert Genn's post. Thanks for raising this; it is something most creative people explore from time to time, our western culture and education is so based on approval from others it can be hard to step past this and judge our creative product for ourselves and accept the criticism that can come if it is different. As you say no one wants to be a copycat. Brenda,

Thoughtful subject this, I’m a writer and poet as well as a quilter and have always hesitated to share what i’m working on, likewise with quilts. I so related to To Robert Genn’s post. Thanks for raising this; it is something most creative people explore from time to time, our western culture and education is so based on approval from others it can be hard to step past this and judge our creative product for ourselves and accept the criticism that can come if it is different. As you say no one wants to be a copycat.

]]> By: Erica http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/2009/07/31/random-thoughts-on-influence-derivation/comment-page-1/#comment-21800 Erica Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:49:16 +0000 http://serendipitypatchwork.com.au/blog/?p=3989#comment-21800 this is something I battle with all the time - should I limit the time spend looking online, there is just SO MUCH amazing work to see - and is what I do a result of having absorbed someone's ideas either consciously or subconsciously. this is something I battle with all the time - should I limit the time spend looking online, there is just SO MUCH amazing work to see - and is what I do a result of having absorbed someone’s ideas either consciously or subconsciously.

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