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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2326987, member: 42773&quot;]Rodin used his workers as tools to create his art. Take him out of the equation, and you have a bunch of people standing around, looking for direction. In my book, &quot;original&quot; rarely means &quot;solo.&quot; I&#039;m reminded of Donne&#039;s <i>No Man Is An Island</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>A composer writes a symphony, but unless an orchestra plays it, it remains nothing more than ink on paper, a blueprint. A Beethoven symphony is always Beethoven, but it is always something more - the collaborative effort of a great many people interpreting Beethoven.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently I read, from a prominent anthropologist, that what sets human beings apart from other species is not so much the use of tools, but the fact that we have the ability to collaborate on projects of sometimes colossal proportions, whether we like each other personally or not. There seems to be some truth to that.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I&#039;m concerned, originality doesn&#039;t depend on the number of people working on a project, but the vision behind the visionary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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