Last week I noted that originality didn't always sell for entirely understandable reasons. This reason was the simple fact that humans socialize via their media choices and interests, and originality did not necessarily play into that. Sometimes originality produced social bonding, sometime common and derived media did, but the originality's importance was not in its existence, but what it meant for social connection. Originality just is not as vital as we may think for people's choices, nor is not chosing something original a personal failing.
As I examined the issue of originality I began to wonder why so often creative people obsess over originality. Why do we fear being unoriginal? Why do we fear ideas we have are derivative? Why does the fear of unoriginality cripple some (I'm sure we've ll been there or known someone who has been). It was worth analyzing.