I think that our mind already has images for what will scare us, what will arouse us, what will makes us sad or happy. Our brain can actually distinguish details in order to save us from danger or lead us to safety.

So, maybe, if someone paints pictures or shoots movies just based on his own perception of what's scary, sexy etc. without using other creators' references then this person will create the most unique art as he hasn't seen other people's work, he won't have any example of how it's suppossed to look like.

What do you think about my theory?

bareer

my beautiful dark twisted fantasy out now

Hahahaha, oh s***

Thank you, I've fixed it

Yeah, no, I don’t think so.

Your imagination is built upon experiences. If you have decent knowledge about art, it’ll nourish your imagination. Just look at drawings made by children. Most of the time, these drawings will be unoriginal and simplistic. That’s because you usually need to know about the rules to break them. So usually, you need to know about other artists to take inspiration from them and transcend their influence.

strong disagree lol, kids have the wildest imaginations by far, they just don't usually have the skill set to output what's going on in their head

Hmmm, you could be right.
Like if you explain to someone that's never heard of the concept of a movie but you explain it to them and tell them to write one, could be some reallt unique s*** if they're naturally creative 🤔
But maybe they just make something unwatchable to everybody too

The only bareer I want is a rubber between me and your momma

I’d imagine someone who is blind from birth would fit into your scenario right? As they have no visual recollection of their world

There are really amazing blind artists out there

This was painted by Esref Armagan, someone who had no sight from birth

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hard disagree. art builds upon previous art.

think of rap music from 80s->2021. if nas hadn't been exposed to rakim, illmatic would've just been humpty dumpty nursery rhyme s***

More likely they just don't know how to paint. If you take inspiration then you have some reference to stick to like a cheat sheet that shows you an easier answer to your problem.

Yeah, thank you, it fits the idea

Yes, but the main criterion here is how far creativity can go and not watchability.

I don't know the history of rap so well. I can maybe give example which proves my point more. For instance, Kanye has made 808s and then Drake has made his album which sounded inspired by 808s, but still stood on its own. Nowadays some artists are so inspired by Drake that for them to make a perfect song ultimately means to make a Drake song, and they even can be genuine in this pursuit, but the problem is that they doesn't have any new concept except Drake's in their head.

It can go either way. There are creatives that look to dissect others works and study them and there's people who feel inspired from art. An unfortunate example is getting caught up in comparing works with what you make it then turns into a competition in your head and that could interrupt your own creative process imo. The product might turn out good (digestible) but is it really what you intend, is it yours?

Art should be about expressing oneself

What ?? How ?

thats just unoriginality at that point. you bringing up drake just validates my argument that 808s inspired the wave of sadboy rap music. an extension of drake's influence would be the next gen like uzi or xxx who embraced melody and writing about emotional content.

every influential artist inspires a million copycats. i think you're focusing too heavily on them.

the real genius is in the rare artists that build on top of previous work.

if you want to go even deeper rap music was built on soul, funk and rock samples of music decades earlier. and those rhythms/beats were most likely inspired or lifted from centuries old music from europe and africa. go even further and we're back to cavemen beating bones against a rock.

yes and no

everything u like and dislike stems from your experience as a person—what uve seen, what uve been told, etc.

so there is simply no creating from nothing.
it is impossible.

however, creativity comes from taking what you have seen and liked and exploring it in a new way—bringing things together that others havent yet, altering the old in unexpected ways, etc

plus id imagine its incredibly hard to become passionate abt something without seeing what others are doing/have done in that medium

I feel you

I want to start writing music but I feel like all the artists I listen to have already written exactly how I feel and it’s pointless to write out my own voice since they’ve already spoken about it