BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

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Where is the line between inspiration and copy?

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Carissa Potter
Jul 19, 2021
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This essay is a very longwinded rant on the ways that I cope with original ideas… a hot topic. I try to make an argument for the existence of new ideas being very rare, and why you might take comfort in the idea that you are brilliant because you have new ideas.

About 11 years ago, someone accused me of copying them. It was a performance artwork where I…

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