Derivative Art

This is not a blog about art that is inspired by that which has gone before or about art that blatantly rips off the work of another artist. This is about art that seeks to carry on a legacy from the artist. 
Art that is inspired by another often turns out as good or better works than those of the original artist, because there is still a strong spark of original creativity.

Art that is a forgery of another persons work carries nothing but the brush strokes, or glazes or ink work of the original. Tediously duplicated in a good forgery, that sadly should never take place.

But the art I mean is that where they try to duplicate the style, color, texture of the original and push it to new forms or subjects or plots. And I have found that these efforts almost always miss some essential component. Maybe it is the passion that drove the original author, painter, cartoonist, sculptor... It is a shadow of what the original author could have created. And I think many people are willing to buy that shadow, because they crave more from the original artist and like a dieter eating frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, "Its better than nothing".

 Examples might be when they write an original script for a James Bond movie, that misses the silly innuendos or puts together the dialog without consideration for the long term relationship between characters. These relationships have a past present and future for the original author, but the screen writer sees things only in the moment, because they do not own that world in their head.

And I am Sorry the Star Wars the Force Awakens is another example. It was put together to make sure it hit every cliche and standard predictable plot line, but it lacked passion. it lacked the nuanced interaction between people who have a history or are creating a history. It lacked humor.
Sigh How sad!

I will keep my eyes open for original works and support the passion of the true creators.