Most lack of originality actually stems from fear of looking directly into the face of cliche. Imagination is not what's lacking.
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A rhetoric book pointed out to me that cliche is the backbone of nearly all of rock and pop lyrics. This didn’t damper my love for both, but it did change my perspective on them.
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Good point. I over optimize for being different which makes me pathologically afraid of cliche.




