I heard somewhere that, “Reading books takes away originality within you.”
Is it?
I tend to disagree with it. Having experienced myself, I feel, we as humans get influenced too easily.
And I really don’t understand what’s really original in us?
I mean to me the concept of originality is similar to that of time.
Initially it was believed that time is an independent element. But later Einstein proved that indeed even time is relative.
And so I believe that on similar grounds originality is a relative thing. Relative to what or who has influenced the person more.
Every individual is different and that decides the factors that influence them in life.
A person who is gullible has varying parameters of influence in contradiction to seemingly unperceivable individual.
Having said that, I believe reading books is just one of the parameters. When one describes himself as ferocious reader; indeed inherently the person is succumbing to books to influence his mind in a dominant way.
Books, Talks, Debates, Discussions - these all are a medium of expression. These views/opinions are absorbed by the people at receiving end and they in-turn develop their views and opinions and pass it on in one form or the other. It’s a vicious cycle! No one is purely original. There was a person, event, picture, story, epic, legend or so behind every expression made!
Being original is just being different, that is having extraordinary sets of parameters of influence. Isn’t it?
Is it?
I tend to disagree with it. Having experienced myself, I feel, we as humans get influenced too easily.
And I really don’t understand what’s really original in us?
I mean to me the concept of originality is similar to that of time.
Initially it was believed that time is an independent element. But later Einstein proved that indeed even time is relative.
And so I believe that on similar grounds originality is a relative thing. Relative to what or who has influenced the person more.
Every individual is different and that decides the factors that influence them in life.
A person who is gullible has varying parameters of influence in contradiction to seemingly unperceivable individual.
Having said that, I believe reading books is just one of the parameters. When one describes himself as ferocious reader; indeed inherently the person is succumbing to books to influence his mind in a dominant way.
Books, Talks, Debates, Discussions - these all are a medium of expression. These views/opinions are absorbed by the people at receiving end and they in-turn develop their views and opinions and pass it on in one form or the other. It’s a vicious cycle! No one is purely original. There was a person, event, picture, story, epic, legend or so behind every expression made!
Being original is just being different, that is having extraordinary sets of parameters of influence. Isn’t it?
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