imitation [Theme]

Aristarkh Dominicovich. I will tell you this, Maria Lukyanovna: live the same way your husband died, for he died a death worthy of imitation.

It seems that simply imitating my master's fighting style without any heart or passion was enough to defeat you.

May 24, 2023 "On the non-sovereignty and sterility of our creative class."

The ordinary person has no choice but to imitate famous people and repeat them like parrots. In science, this is called "total control of the environment."

It is foolish to imagine that by copying another person, you can become him.

You are fighting with yourself. That one hand reaches for the other hand. You will never defeat yourself with the methods that feed you. And you will believe in the art of lying. The words have already been said. Life is written. Fight only in what is permitted. You're just another imitation.

I killed a man, but they didn’t give me an indulgence, because it was the first line of the novel, an imitation of Dostoevsky’s Raskolnikov.

This means that the main thing for us is not to become like sheep, which always run after the flock, heading not where they need to go, but where everyone is going. There is no thing in the world that brings us more evils and troubles than the habit of conforming to public opinion, considering as the best what is accepted by the majority and to which we see more examples; we live not by understanding, but by imitation. Hence this eternal crush, where everyone is pushing each other, trying to push back.

Unconscious imitation is worse than conscious imitation. Because you are not doing this on purpose and do not notice that you are imitating another speaker. When you notice that you are imitating another speaker, know that you have an idol. You curry favor with him and want to be like him, and the main rule of the speaker is to be yourself.

Imitation is conscious and unconscious. Conscious imitation is born of the delusion that you have to copy another speaker until you learn to speak yourself. No, it’s wrong. Even a beginner speaker should be himself. You don't need copies, you don't need to be an actor, all you need is to be yourself. You need to take techniques from other speakers, but always remain yourself.

Even if you become the number one person in your profession, you may still be reminded that you imitated another speaker.

This means that if you speak and imitate someone, then as a speaker you are very weak.

The most important rule of a speaker is to be yourself. But, many speakers who know about this rule do not fully understand what it means. They are sure that they can always be themselves, but for some reason they often copy other speakers.

You need to dress very well, the audience is constantly looking for a role model.