@mjg59 but most of all you seem to be doing cartesian dualism here, where the “real” creativity is in the “system” not the “code”. but you can do that with prose, too? the sentences are mere words, nothing wrong with copying a word. no way to make someone weep with a punctuation mark, it’s the story where the creativity lies, not the words. and… sure? but there’s no transcendental essence outside of the mundane material components in either case