No idea is new anymore, So why try?

In a day and age of instant messaging, video sharing and music streaming, It’s practically impossible to do anything entirely original.

A new dance form? Well some kid in a remote part of Egypt just recorded his brother doing a local folk dance that got some mileage on facebook wall posts.

A completely new concept for a film? Well students with just an iPhone are shooting thought provoking videos about their unique state of mind that are winning film festivals.

A homeless person with a rare talent for painting that would have gone completely unnoticed if he was born 10 years prior, Would go “semi-viral” if some passerby shot it on video and uploaded it.

 Yet we are still amazed by new things. New songs make us wake up, New films rekindle our imagination and new ideas still visibly change the world.

Usually when people try to start something new, When they feel they possess an idea which is unique, The moment they foray into that subject, They instantly get overwhelmed.

“I had this great film idea but then realised its been done to death.”

“I had this great idea to start a bakery but then another one popped up right next to the area i was planning to set up shop.”

“I was thinking of getting into poetry but the poetry reading meet next to my house is overcrowded with way more talented poets.”

 There is no end to it. Literally “someone out there has already done it better or doing it better” is the one shot solution to NEVER attempting anything new.

So the question arises, Why do anything?

When our ideas aren’t unique or if we truly aren’t bringing anything new to the table.

Why try?

You try because your idea is going to be executed by you.

Hence it is automatically unique.

The sole reason that you exist as a unique individual with unique life experiences, your personality and your perspective will make that idea unique.

Your idea will always be a tad bit different cause no one has let that germinate that idea through your uniquely wired brain.

So if you see the world a certain way or think a certain way, Chances are the world has never heard your perspective on it.

This doesn’t mean you rip off another person’s idea and you reproduce it. It means that even if you feel you are treading down a path slightly similar to someone else’s, Your destination will lead you to a new place.