At a certain point, the artist must let go of the express purpose of using others’ work to lose him/herself and examine WHY that work is appealing. That type of introspection reveals deeper principle behind what’s awe-inspiring; it allows the artist to bring forth that beauty in their own personalized iteration. Now that may not be fun at first, but just wait. The rush of other works’ beauty AND that of your own creation?
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Are you saying that sometimes the artist should forget that he/she is an artist to enhance an understanding of a piece? The first sentence was a little confusing.
I’m saying that as fun as it is to just lose yourself in someone else’s story, that in order to create your own, you gotta step back and examine the unromantic bones and joints of their story’s construction, so you can better learn how to construct that story in your head.
Haha! That’s a little too technically robotic, IMHO. It’s more like what do you mean by everyone? What is it about chocolate that has universal appeal, if it does at all? If it’s multiple things and those aren’t appealing by themselves, then what rhythm are they combined in that create that perfect balance of flavor?
Ask Britain if chocolate has universal appeal – we have a giant rabbit giving our children chocolate eggs. How screwed are we?
On your original piece of art. I agree, it’s like what we discussed earlier deconstruct what you like and then apply to your own work. Not at first perhaps but later when you begin to own the characteristics of your heroes, works you will find your own genius.
One day I will ask spiderman about the pseudo name(s) he masks his work with but today is not the day.
Kent Wayne 
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