Bettina seems to regard copying as bad; Im not so sure. One must have the tools before one can create. jazz musicians transcribe solos of the giants before they create their own, same with art students I see at the met sketching a winslow homer. most great artists in every field are very aware of what has come before, and what their contemporaries are doing. add inspiration to the mix, your personality, and then you start to become the tango. but the influences are there if you look hard enough in every artists work. Every tango dancer saw some one else dance, and the copying is either subconscious or conscious. No one came out of the womb dancing tango.
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