Article on 'THE ECSTASY OF INFLUENCE' from 'INTO THE VOID'

I am gad people are still reading Jonathan Lethem's very important essay 'The Ecstasy of Influence' which looks at ideas and the 'theft' of ideas and Art, and the need for a freedom of the transmission of ideas that is not really covered by recent copyright battles in the music industry.

Here is an article written by J.C.Mims which looks at what Lethem says about ideas and the need for them to be shared in order for Art to flourish. Mims says in the article:

"Lethem is arguing for an artist-wide shared universe essentially, where many different creators have access to a wide range of publicly accessible properties, so that the best possible art can be created. One writer might have a good idea, but their follow-through could be terrible. Why not have another writer pick that idea up then, and see if they can make a better follow-through?"

Read the whole article here .

Interesting.