Summary: Why originality isn’t about being first, it’s about being true. How my ‘original’ video taught me that creativity is just honest remixing.
I made a video about music addiction that felt completely original. The video was about how music amplifies your emotional state, how we use it to escape silence, how it creates dependency. I talked about my own struggle with being unable to walk, work out, or exist without constant audio stimulation. How I was scared of being alone with my thoughts. How stopping music transformed my focus and forced me to face myself…