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date: 2018-01-17
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#### Or: No good comes from a vacuum
![](/img/1*J9SQ1JdVMe1pSB-jePs1zg.jpeg)Photo by [Greg Rakozy](https://unsplash.com/photos/oMpAz-DN-9I?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/creation?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)Even the above statement is not original. (No, really…youll see…)
All writers are influenced by what we read, whether conscious or unconscious. For example, my writing style takes several cues from Terry Pratchett, sometimes very deliberately.[1] And there are no doubt countless unconscious influences feeding into my life in ways I dont even realise.
So in that sense I am in no way original. But in that same sense, it doesnt **matter**.
Stealings no good.[2] But remixing ishas always been, will always *be*the foundation of creativity.
Creativity is naturally cyclical. Readers write, and writers read. After all, there are only three[5] plots.
Its not just writing. Everyone is influenced by everything. Our imagination isnt entirely our ownall media that we consume, all experiences that we have, every last thing that we seegets thrown into one pot. Much like a baking recipe, the blend is original although the ingredients are not.
Accepting the art of the remix is the first step on the journey to finding a voice**YOUR** **voice**. Your personal experience (original by nature) will blend into everything else that shapes us as people, all those influences known and unknown.
And thats as original as it gets.
So its a poorly kept secret my drafts section is overflowing. This is one more of those drafts finally being shoved out into the world. My original title was thus:
![](/img/1*Y6Sd0_RYfJ1GYeszDo8ZbQ.png)Then Medium dropped this on me:
[**Dont Worry About Being OriginalEverythings a Remix**
*One of the biggest limiting beliefs I run into when talking to aspiring writers or creators is that they dont have…*medium.com](https://medium.com/personal-growth/dont-worry-about-being-original-everything-s-a-remix-6fbb06ab1683 "https://medium.com/personal-growth/dont-worry-about-being-original-everything-s-a-remix-6fbb06ab1683")[](https://medium.com/personal-growth/dont-worry-about-being-original-everything-s-a-remix-6fbb06ab1683)And here we stand. The same sentiment, much of the same words. Classic example of case-in-point, in a meta sense. Pleasingly neat, actually.
[1] Footnotes being just one recently rediscovered example
[2] Unless youre Robin Hood[3]
[3] Sidenote[4]: is a rhyme split across a sentence and its footnote still a rhyme?
[4] Footnote, sidenote…notes aplenty…Dear oh dear.
[5] Replace three with x number as appropriate. Doesnt change the sentiment.

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#### Quoted By The Goat
#### Matchbox Quotes Day 49 [20180226]
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> Igniting a duel of hearts

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![](/img/1*bgClHJxffITMMUiAHTK5WQ.jpeg)Photo by [Ayko Kehl](https://unsplash.com/photos/N7lk60VTFfQ?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/falling?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)we fell too hard too fast
shattered too finely
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> “Little particles of inspiration sleet through the universe all the time traveling through the densest matter in the same way that a neutrino passes through a candyfloss haystack, and most of them miss.”Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
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> “Little particles of inspiration sleet through the universe all the time traveling through the densest matter in the same way that a neutrino passes through a candyfloss haystack, and most of them miss.”Terry Pratchett, SourceryMost of them never find the right target.
Most of them never find the right target.
The human mind possesses an overwhelming capacity for creativity that continually overwhelms me. Society, science, technology….humanity…has advanced in directions that were previously unimaginable, nevermind thought impossible. And no doubt it will continue to do so.
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However, human society currently isnt conducive to that.
> “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einsteins brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” ― Stephen Jay GouldI believe people having to work to survive is criminal. Its one of the reasons I support Universal Basic Income. What if people were freed from having to go to jobs they probably hate just to be able to survive…to be able to keep working? What if this insane cycle was broken, via automation or otherwise? What then?
> “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einsteins brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” ― Stephen Jay Gould
I believe people having to work to survive is criminal. Its one of the reasons I support Universal Basic Income. What if people were freed from having to go to jobs they probably hate just to be able to survive…to be able to keep working? What if this insane cycle was broken, via automation or otherwise? What then?
If it were ever allowed to happen, maybe itd lead to people not knowing what to do with the time theyd suddenly been granted. But I dont think so.

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![](/img/1*JU7deLCU5l54IDbLwO5M2A.jpeg)Photo by [Mohamed Nohassi](https://unsplash.com/photos/UKX_DwNKXSA?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/fire?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)Those are the words of someone who shattered my trust. And yet I still repeat those words like a mantra.
Those are the words of someone who shattered my trust. And yet I still repeat those words like a mantra.
Despite all she took from me, she gave me those words. Those words of power. Perhaps they were even worth all the pain. Perhaps. Because they are so fundamentally true. The only answer, when life sucks, is *keep going*.
> “If youre *going through hell*, keep going.” — *Winston Churchill*
> “If youre *going through hell*, keep going.” — *Winston Churchill*Churchill said it first, of course. But I prefer the Angels version. Not just because of the special meaning it holds to me, but for the extra emotional punch.
Churchill said it first, of course. But I prefer the Angels version. Not just because of the special meaning it holds to me, but for the extra emotional punch.
Imagine an angel.
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If fire still licks around you, rememberjust *keep going.* You cannot go backand to stop would invite the flame to consume you.
*If only I were better at listening to what I preach…*
<sup>*If only I were better at listening to what I preach…*</sup>

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Even the above statement is not original. (No, really…youll see…)
All writers are influenced by what we read, whether conscious or unconscious. For example, my writing style takes several cues from Terry Pratchett, sometimes very deliberately.[^1] And there are no doubt countless unconscious influences feeding into my life in ways I dont even realise.
So in that sense I am in no way original. But in that same sense, it doesnt **matter**.
Stealings no good.[^2] But remixing ishas always been, will always *be*the foundation of creativity.
Creativity is naturally cyclical. Readers write, and writers read. After all, there are only three[^5] plots.
Its not just writing. Everyone is influenced by everything. Our imagination isnt entirely our ownall media that we consume, all experiences that we have, every last thing that we seegets thrown into one pot. Much like a baking recipe, the blend is original although the ingredients are not.
Accepting the art of the remix is the first step on the journey to finding a voice**YOUR** **voice**. Your personal experience (original by nature) will blend into everything else that shapes us as people, all those influences known and unknown.
And thats as original as it gets.
So its a poorly kept secret my drafts section is overflowing. This is one more of those drafts finally being shoved out into the world. My original title was thus:
![](1*Y6Sd0_RYfJ1GYeszDo8ZbQ.png)
Then Medium dropped this on me:
[**Dont Worry About Being OriginalEverythings a Remix**
*One of the biggest limiting beliefs I run into when talking to aspiring writers or creators is that they dont have…* medium.com](https://medium.com/personal-growth/dont-worry-about-being-original-everything-s-a-remix-6fbb06ab1683 "https://medium.com/personal-growth/dont-worry-about-being-original-everything-s-a-remix-6fbb06ab1683")[](https://medium.com/personal-growth/dont-worry-about-being-original-everything-s-a-remix-6fbb06ab1683)
And here we stand. The same sentiment, much of the same words. Classic example of case-in-point, in a meta sense. Pleasingly neat, actually.
[^1]: Footnotes being just one recently rediscovered example
[^2]: Unless youre Robin Hood[^3]
[^3]: Sidenote[^4]: is a rhyme split across a sentence and its footnote still a rhyme?
[^4]: Footnote, sidenote…notes aplenty…Dear oh dear.
[^5]: Replace three with *x* sub infinite number as appropriate. Doesnt change the sentiment.

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#### Quoted By The Goat
#### Matchbox Quotes Day 49 [20180226]
> Igniting a duel of hearts

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#### Yours and only yours to claim…
![](/img/1*ZFBkRUl5Z01iCAmXiEcdcA.jpeg)Photo by [Vince Fleming](https://unsplash.com/photos/afrNpD1wKZU?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/yell?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)I havent found my voice. I have, however, found *more of* it.
I havent found my voice. I have, however, found *more of* it.
I dont often look back at my previous work. Partly because when I do all I see is flaws[1] but also because my views have changed so much. For a variety of reasons[4], my world has opened up in the past couple years.

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![](/img/1*gOXPMNusZEjRIFOr_ORqCw.jpeg)Photo by [Max Langelott](https://unsplash.com/photos/Hw62tzAkXXE?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/autumn?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)Many people love the summer. Its heat and relaxation.
Many people love the summer. Its heat and relaxation.
Im not one of them. The heat melts my brain thoroughly. I find myself unable to think, let alone do. Which is all well and good on holiday, but otherwise a pain. And *dear* *god* the hayfever from all of these goddamn plants. Cluttering up the place looking pretty and producing lifegiving oxygen…how dare they!

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#### Torn between the bad and the ugly
![](/img/1*y1NXI-alfOz6PgFt2VvP3A.jpeg)Photo by [Wendy Scofield](https://unsplash.com/photos/TjfQR3JgGG8?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/syringe?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)Ive mused before about my irreconcilable dual philosophy. The part of me that inspires the Neither do I in my bioits not just there for the rhyme!
Ive mused before about my irreconcilable dual philosophy. The part of me that inspires the Neither do I in my bio [Ed. Note 2021: Bio previously read 'Adrenaline Junkie afraid to die. Doesn't make sense? Neither do I!']its not just there for the rhyme!
In the shower[1] just now it hit me what that is.
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[1] Why is it always the shower? I guess because its the only high-daydream activity we do regularly and consistently…
[2] Equality for all and all that wonderful bollox.
[2] Equality [Ed. Note 2021: Nope. Meant equity!] for all and all that wonderful bollox.
[3] For all the good that intentions are…

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we fell too hard too fast
shattered too finely
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![](/img/1*X6EM9sYgei-wM70Z3IoGxw.jpeg)Ive been doing a lot (a whole lot!) of self reflection lately. Its probably *reflected*Hah! (Sorry[1])in my writings.
Ive been doing a lot (a whole lot!) of self reflection lately. Its probably *reflected*Hah! (Sorry[^1])in my writings.
Im trying to figure out *who I am*. And [*what I* ***do***](https://medium.com/@WhereAngelsFearToTread/obviously-im-biased-but-80778a2de71e). Big questions. But ones I want answers to.
Not least because of the series of relationship explosions Ive undergone recently. In particular Im trying to identify and neutralise toxic behaviours I either already had or developed in those relationships.
Im pretty sure Im badly codependent. Which needs to change. I also have a major tendency to jump ahead of myself when I should be rolling with the punches.[2] But I dont know exactly how. Which loops quite neatly to the title.
Im pretty sure Im badly codependent. Which needs to change. I also have a major tendency to jump ahead of myself when I should be rolling with the punches.[^2] But I dont know exactly how. Which loops quite neatly to the title.
Ive been looking inward. Balancing it with looking outward. Trying to let a *little* more positivity bleed into the darkness.[3]
Ive been looking inward. Balancing it with looking outward. Trying to let a *little* more positivity bleed into the darkness.[^3]
Trying really damn hard to be more mindful, more grateful.
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I guess Im just trying to be a better person. Something I should be able to manage alone. In theory. I dont know.
[1] Im not.
[^1]: Im not.
[2] I dont mean that inherently negatively as it implies. *Going with the flow *just isnt violent enough for me. On second thoughts maybe I *do*.
[^2]: I dont mean that inherently negatively as it implies. *Going with the flow *just isnt violent enough for me. On second thoughts maybe I *do*.
[3] Sometimes.
[^3]: Sometimes.

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#### Another double edged philosophy
![](/img/1*4hLg_xEJR-4deFWCq-U8dg.jpeg)Labels are great. They help organise things, like files. They underpin organisation and sorting systems. Categorisation.
Labels are great. They help organise things, like files. They underpin organisation and sorting systems. Categorisation.
Labels get tricky when applied to things that defy categorisation. People.
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On a separate but related note as it were, I have a new label for myself.
I am hetroflexible. Maybe even bi. The truth is Im not quite sure.
I am hetroflexible. Maybe even bi. [Ed. note 2021: Pan, these days! 🏳️‍🌈] The truth is Im not quite sure.
Confused feels like the most valid label, but Im concerned that it would be interpreted as making light of a serious issue. For want of a better word. Anyway!
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Because my point is thus:
Us. Never *Them*.* *Remember the person.
Us. Never *Them*. Remember the person.
With one exception. Which I suppose is the real double bladed part of the philosophy. Almost hypocritical. But you should be used to that by now.
Anyway. The exception. Those that wield labels like weapons. See themselves as better than anyone else.** **To them I say…
Anyway. The exception. Those that wield labels like weapons. See themselves as better than anyone else. To them I say…
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#### A beginners guide to the impossible
Authors' note: I reckons that should say “Trust your gut, cuddle a cat and slam tequila” But that wasnt on Unsplash…
![](/img/1*pzsYIBePPPQEwLMa9ubftA.jpeg)Photo by [Matt Atherton](https://unsplash.com/photos/zuEjcqGWVBc?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/impossible?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) | Authors note: I reckons that should say “Trust your gut, cuddle a cat and slam tequila” But that wasnt on Unsplash…Three years ago, I never would have thought that I could write a novel. Let alone write on in **thirty days**.
Three years ago, I never would have thought that I could write a novel. Let alone write on in **thirty days**.
Thats right, its almost that time of year again! November is fast becoming one of my favourite monthsnot just because of Halloween and the fireworks, but the novelling. This year Ive been particularly fierce in my quest to get people to join me on the mad journeyand have been met with reasonable success. This is another slab in that road.

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