Curation is the New Originality
There is a much bigger gap between knowledge and wisdom than we give credence to online and IRL
What we create, whether it being an app, a photo, an essay, or any number of choreographed outputs from our mind, requires a certain degree of curation. We are all contributing editors, designers, architects, and engineers of this world we live in; and every single thought, intention, and work we put into the ethos of our time becomes the linings for our future environment.
Phronesis is the gift, given to us all when we have acquired the experience and exposure to all the right and wrong things to know fully how to best create something else, and we get there by fine-tuning our thievery abilities to synthesize the work of others. Similar to developmental skills and the process of learning, creators and their creations need to evolve to be self-possessing and authentically ‘original’. An original piece of work is the curated outcome of other people’s work — We are a collective, and our work is a dynamic tapestry of previously constructed, constituted, and apprehended work from everyone else — A lineage of creativity. A collective oeuvre.
“You need knowledge to create, but you need wisdom to curate.” — Author
