tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post4263415808907879515..comments2024-03-23T07:37:06.469-04:00Comments on helana and ali: Trying to stay ahead of the CurveTracey Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08038948547170505961noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post-52367467765351386932022-07-19T01:45:21.011-04:002022-07-19T01:45:21.011-04:00Thanks for the poostThanks for the poostPaterson Movershttps://www.find-local-movers.com/us/new-jersey-moving-companies/paterson-movers.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post-13657924914765224502012-04-21T07:49:12.192-04:002012-04-21T07:49:12.192-04:00Well said Lauren - thanks for the pep talk.Well said Lauren - thanks for the pep talk.Tracey Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038948547170505961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post-64635108973579030252012-04-18T12:55:47.103-04:002012-04-18T12:55:47.103-04:00I'm with these other ladies. I think you were ...I'm with these other ladies. I think you were there first. I think there's a nefarious version to this and a full-creative spirit version to this. My husband is a scientist and he talks all the time about how ideas can be generated simultaneously...or how you can have a completely independent idea (a brilliant one at that!) only to discover that someone else has had it before. We're trying to teach our son that every though that is similar isn't plagiarized, you know? <br /><br />So while I can ascribe harmful intent to some folks (and will happily do so to big organizations!), I also think that sometimes that's just how creativity works, in unknowing tandem. Your work is beautiful. Keep on keeping on!Laurenhttp://www.stillpluslife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post-62243271043441673262012-04-10T19:33:37.320-04:002012-04-10T19:33:37.320-04:00Thanks for your thoughts and insight, ladies. It...Thanks for your thoughts and insight, ladies. It seems that all of us are aware and/or experienced this struggle between inspiration and comparison - and it's good to know I am not alone.Tracey Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038948547170505961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post-8420443562313761932012-04-10T13:06:18.404-04:002012-04-10T13:06:18.404-04:00I find this very very interesting for two reasons....I find this very very interesting for two reasons. 1: about 10 years ago I read a story in a business magazine about how many stores- and Pottery Barn kids in particular- but steal ideas from small indepent artists. That was before social networking so they didn't steal them from blogs, FB or PInterest but actually contacted the artists, drew up contracts and working relationships and then canceled the orders after the artists had paid out a lot of money to produce prototypes and hire staff to help meet the orders. Soon after the product would show up in PB Kids as designed by PB team but exact copies of the artists work. 2: this has happened to me my entire adult life so I understand how you feel. I usually want to find something-a fabric, a paper, a ribbon that is imperative to my design and I search and search for it. About a year later it is all the rage and available everywhere. I so understand where you are coming from. YOur designs are beautiful and frankly I think your flower lantern are prettier. <br /><br />Hold on to your creative genius because you are just ahead of your time.Daneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00195300937985039666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post-57966926820688215472012-04-10T04:06:35.680-04:002012-04-10T04:06:35.680-04:00Don't worry! I think we get too information vi...Don't worry! I think we get too information via internet and sometimes we keep information in our brain unconsciously. Anyway I love all you make, and I'm sure you are a creative and fantastic crafter, with a lot of original and wonderful ideas.Feltiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579167325238993034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post-64005230961482368962012-04-09T20:02:36.412-04:002012-04-09T20:02:36.412-04:00You weren't a copy cat! Great minds think alik...You weren't a copy cat! Great minds think alike! How could you have copied? You posted yours first :)martha brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897250180581262611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1422381543982040000.post-70470181314207204692012-04-09T10:26:05.165-04:002012-04-09T10:26:05.165-04:00yep this happens to me alot. I think alot of the ...yep this happens to me alot. I think alot of the colors I'm attracted to are the "in" colors of the season and often times they are put together in similar ways or similar patterns. And then with desserts, well I feel the same way. Sometime I think I do an original shoot and then I see other photos on other popular blogs that are almost exactly the same... :(ana {bluebirdkisses}http://www.bluebirdkisses.comnoreply@blogger.com