bring your own vector

every day i see a new clone of a popular idea. often, a mediocre version of the original. it is now easier than ever to copy. you can copy the point but not the vector. when you copy, you inherit a legible output without the illegible input. you replicate the product without the process. you can slop clone anything, the problem is not that you did not have the idea, it is that you can’t produce any idea like it. you can only catch up, but you don’t know the direction. where to take it next. when you copy, you don’t understand. because your context is only the last layer. actually, is copying easier than creating? someone else already did the work, but the work is invisible. you should remix, not copy. all creative work is derivative. but when you remix, you are forced to reconstruct the idea. like when you transpose to a different key in the piano. fill in the gap. take the point as a reference, but bring your own vector