Why should you care? It’s a big question… why does this matter, what do these things have to do with what I’m doing now? In my opinion it’s why everything that interests you is there in the first place. What we have now is an evolved version of past works. Why was the TV show Psych created, it’s a modern version of Sherlock Holmes. Doesn’t Avatar seem a lot like Pocahontas at times? It’s not just TV and movies, rap can be considered poetry. It adds up to me so I would say that it’s interesting to see our roots to understand why we are the way we are now. Past works have influenced so much that we have today. Think in terms of art, you don't just paint anything and say it's your style, you relate to a previous style such as abstract, or still life, or a portrait, we need these styles to determine what to make. For literary works it's the genre's that determine what your story is about, whether it's fiction, non-fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, biography, fantasy, etc. You didn't come up with that genre, but it led you to create something. Look at these video's between Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble, it's the same song but sung differently, it's almost a different creation. What we will do to continue from here on will be to keep going. We’re not going to stop evolving our tastes so that’s my idea on how to proceed, stay the course. Things are constantly changing, but that doesn't mean that we have to forget the works of the past, we need to keep them with us. We shouldn't forget what we once were. It's good to have a sense of self.
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