A conversation I’ve had with MedicMike on more than one occasion, and yes sometimes those occasions did involve drinks of a sort, on originality becomes a bit clearer after reading what CS Lewis had to say on the subject.
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
—C. S. Lewis
Found on Nicholas Forese‘s site after viewing 15 Megabytes of Fame.
