I believe novelty is inevitable–even if the same idea comes up again, it’s expressed in a different existential configuration, where none of the particles are in the exact same space-time arrangement.
So I suppose that as I recognize the “old” as new, I must also accept irony as an existential truth.
hmm
That is a profound thought, and you’ve managed to capture it so concisely. The idea of the ‘old’ always being ‘new’ in a different existential configuration is a powerful concept. Thank you for sharing such an intriguing insight; it really made me think.
What’s the current agreed-upon number of plots? Something like only seven stories exist, we just re-tell them in new ways.
Good point. Heraclitus wrote that a man cannot step in the same river twice, for the river is different and so is the man. And yes, although things orbit or oscillate, they are also changing constantly. Each orbit is not a mere ‘re-run’. When we say, “This is old,” we mean only, “This is very like the old.” But that can lead us to ignore what has changed. Art imitates life, and life repeats so why not art? Or is it life that imitates art?
Very well said!
The Disney playbook mantra.
Agreed!
Beautifully put. I love how you frame novelty and irony as part of the same flow of life — always shifting, always new.
Indeed! Always familiar, but never exactly the same
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