tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post1500894738837015926..comments2024-03-28T11:52:29.432-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Storyteller's Rulebook #161: Genius Doesn’t Innovate, It CultivatesMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-86118684689290229222013-01-23T12:08:27.059-05:002013-01-23T12:08:27.059-05:00This reminds me of one of my favorite open ended q...This reminds me of one of my favorite open ended questions "Who is the greater artist: Shakespeare or Picasso?" Picasso was a great innovator in his field, while Shakespeare worked in two of the most restrictive, formalized literary formats in the English tradition. I lean towards Shakespeare, because doing something extraordinarily well is more impressive to me than doing something that no one has done before. Steve Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347604037697186966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-19714918422010960552012-11-06T02:47:49.784-05:002012-11-06T02:47:49.784-05:00These are my three favorite points:
"Kane se...These are my three favorite points:<br /><br />"Kane seemed to be the first to do these things, while in fact, it was merely the first to do them in a way that could not be forgotten."<br /><br />"All he did was take the best parts of these obscure genres and put them together." <br /><br />"True genius has more to do with cultivating pre-existing innovations, combining them in artistically brilliant ways." <br /><br />Once again I'm going to recommend that everyone read THE ECSTASY OF INFLUENCE by Johnathan Lethem and then have a look at Kirby Ferguson's EVERYTHING IS A REMIX.<br /><br />http://harpers.org/archive/2007/02/the-ecstasy-of-influence/<br /><br />http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/j.s.noreply@blogger.com