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> Even if people look down their nose at it, its working the same muscles just faster. Unfortunately, this isn’t true. It’s just bathing in the median of other
by bugglebeetle 2y ago
> Even if people look down their nose at it, its working the same muscles just faster.
Unfortunately, this isn’t true. It’s just bathing in the median of others people work, at best akin to playing video games (vs making them). There’s no shame in it, I love playing games too, but if you ever want to rise to the level of independent creative expression, you’ll have to give up these crutches, confront your own limitations, and risk failure to overcome them. No challenge, no change.
- protocolture 2y agoMan I know of a "learn to write" strategy where you get a pen, and literally word for word copy the author you are trying to emulate. Just completely reproduce their content, over and over until you "master" their "voice". Artists copy famous paintings for the same reason. Its stupid to presume that no artist ever "bathed" in the the median of other peoples work before 2021.
- bugglebeetle 2y agoYes, but it’s the act of doing the actual copying that teaches you how precisely to recreate, and more importantly, to question and critically engage with the choices and thought that went into the work, such that you develop those muscles yourselves. When a machine does all of that for you, you’ve missed the entire point of the exercise, which isn’t to copy or emulate, but to learn how to do the same things independently in doing so.