Inspiration vs. Copycatting
I've been thinking about writing a post like this for a while now, but a comment I received yesterday was enough to actually start my typing. Now, I want to preface this with the fact that I enjoy all of the comments I receive from the blog, and I understand that when you put your words and pictures out onto the great wide web, you're going to hear and read things that aren't necessarily flattering. I also understand that often times, things do not come across as intended, and things that may seem offensive in the text, simply aren't.
With that said, the question that started this train of thought came after reading: "You spend so much of your time copying other people." Needless to say, I was hurt, but I knew that the person who wrote the comment didn't intend to hurt me. In fact, the comment started with a wonderful compliment. Still, I began thinking, what is copying and what's truly finding and then executing inspiration"
In my opinion, design is fluid. Your sense of style and your aesthetic changes with the experiences, places, and things that you see, touch, and learn from as you grow older, wiser, more aware. I can remember the first time that I went to Winterthur, the DuPont estate located in Delaware. I came back from that experience with a new found love for American antiques, and keen sense of furniture placement that helped me redecorate CDLV (my old house) for the last time. Was I copying Winterthur" No. Quite frankly, I can't even begin t...
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