What a load of crap. Actually doing something new and interesting is not the same thing as just saying you are going to. And lots of people who really do original & interesting work might not be doing it just to be new or whatever, they are just expressing their individuality and their unique take or art, music, whatever. Brian just sounds like an out of touch bored whinger. Who needs it.
>ENO: They're overvalued really. Or, I should say that they're valued to the point where >they become a target for people to aim at and that's a self-defeating proposal. It's like >calling someone up and saying, "Look, next Friday we're going to get together and >have a really interesting conversation. Really brilliant now, we're going to think some >really new things!" Then you call a few days later and say, "Don't forget Friday, this >conversation is going to be really interesting." You build this up and by the time Friday >comes of course you're tongue tied because you daren't say anything that's clumsy or >familiar. You daren't do any of the things that are likely to open you up into a new >area. New ideas are nearly always slight shifts of things that are already very familiar >to you.
