Do you believe that 'originality is undetected plagarism' ?

No. I think that’s weirdly cynical. 

I’m on the opposite end of that, where I think that coming up with something that feels unique isn’t that difficult. It seems like it would be more work to make something that actually felt like something that already existed than to just let an idea become it’s own thing.

I feel like so little of what I see even comes close to feeling like my experience in life anyway.  –and if art is showing your take on the world then there is a lot of room there. 

  I think being honest in your work is more important than thinking about originality.What do you value?, what is your perspective of the world you live in? Does a tree really look like that to you or are you just looking at how another artist draws trees? 

Sometimes I see people who draw noses like Sean Murphy or do jokes like Rumiko Takahashi, but I think that can just be influences that they have to work through to get to a new place. 

And that’s not to say that unoriginality doesn’t exist, Like many problems in creating art I think it’s an issue of quality. Better work is often also more unique.