[Jewelry making - Article 00400] - Re: [Orchid] Artist Internet Sales - Poll/Opinion

[Zen Sojourner]

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>     Art and Fear are enemies. I run into people worrying about this,
>     about copyrights, and all of it and wonder how much they are
>     stifleing their own creative energy.

    I spent a considerable amount of time worrying about this issue,
    because it seemed to me every time I had a good idea for a design,
    I'd stumble across somebody else who was already doing it, or
    something too close for comfort. 

    Then I got about half a dozen historical jewelry books from the
    library and discovered that nearly everything I thought was
    "original" to somebody else (that I thought I'd thought up all on my
    own) had already been done, probably by some neolithic "ottist" 5,000
    years ago. 

    Now I don't much worry about it anymore. 

Sojourner
Ottist Itineratus

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