Is the world not in a sad state regarding this issue? So
selfish and greedy we have become, that each little idea, innocent and helpless, is skewered with a
giant flag to mark its ownership.
Those who attempt to represent the idea flag-free are locked up, fined
exorbitant amounts of money or booted from University. While we’re still lucky enough to be
children, a stern lecture on the capitol offense of plagiarism might
suffice.
Imagine I give you a gift. It’s heavy, and wrapped in metallic
green paper, and you think that you may want it. Maybe it’s a plaything. Maybe it’s a tool, something useful. Perhaps it’s even a fragment of
something, that missing piece you’ve been looking for. Now I tell you that you must give me a
gift back, if you want to open your present. “How rude,” you might say to me. If I’m unlucky, you might say something even worse about my
poor custom. And yet so too is the
way with academia! So too is the
referencing and copywriting system we’re told is so sacred!
If I’m fortunate enough, some of
what I’ve written, or rather will write, may seem wise to you. In that case, consider this blog as a gift given
freely. If you fancy any idea please use it in whichever fashion you like. Do not repay me with the gift of a
reference, for such gifts are in the medium of glory. I deserve no glory for what you find in the pages to follow. They were not written by me, but rather
through me. The true author is my
Muse. So I invite you to use what
is written freely, and in doing so my Muse may become your muse. He may speak through you too and,
hopefully, the glory that you have not wasted on me may be perfected onto
Him.
Let us break the cycle. Use freely what I can offer. Mold it, add to it, change it into
something entirely new, into something all your own. And when you give it to the world, give it free.
Yours,
d.
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