Nick Cave on Creativity, the Myth of Originality, and How to Find Your Voice

Nick Cave on Creativity, the Myth of Originality, and How to Find Your Voice
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“Your imagination… is mostly an accidental dance between collected memory and influence… a construction that awaits spiritual ignition.” Two years before she fused her childhood impression of a mechanical loom with her devotedly honed gift for mathematics to compose the world’s first computer …

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