Imitation is Suicide. Insist on yourself; never imitate. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Write down in which areas of your life you have to overcome these suicidal tendencies of imitation, and how you can transform them into a newborn you – one that doesn’t hide its uniqueness, but thrives on it. There is a “divine idea which each of us represents” – which is yours?
(Author: Fabian Kruse)
Brennan Manning in his short book The Rabbi's Heartbeat writes about overcoming The Impostor, that false self that we put on as a mask when we go out in the world. I have made great progress in not putting The Mask on but it is still a struggle especially when I want impress, gain favor, or "fix" someone close to me. The progress is that most of the time I have an awareness of what I'm about to do and I can make a choice.
Mike Vance said that creativity is the creation of something new or the rearranging of something old and a new way. Is the rearrangement of something old in a new way imitation? - maybe so, maybe not. Since most of my creativity is the rearranging of something old in a new way, I would say not.
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