{"id":326726,"date":"2021-08-31T15:38:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T19:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=326726"},"modified":"2021-08-31T16:18:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T20:18:16","slug":"cliche-is-that-big-of-a-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/31\/cliche-is-that-big-of-a-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cliche is that big of a deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There seems to be this bias everywhere. That is, all clich\u00c3\u00a9s are bad. But are clich\u00c3\u00a9s really that big of a deal? I think not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/cliche-isnt-that-big-of-a-deal-mov\/\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cliche isn&#039;t that big of a deal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WOGNEUwTjCI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/episodes\/Cliche-is-that-big-of-a-deal-e16nmu6\">Podcast<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/erickim\/embed\/episodes\/Cliche-is-that-big-of-a-deal-e16nmu6\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Cliche-isnt-that-big-of-a-deal.m4a\"><\/audio><figcaption>Cliche isn&#8217;t that big of a deal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sooner or later, everything is a clich\u00c3\u00a9. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the word clich\u00c3\u00a9 even mean? If we study the etymology of the word clich\u00c3\u00a9 in French, it literally means copy, stereotype. The sound clich\u00c3\u00a9 is literally the sound of mechanical print clacking. Even a stereotype the notion of a copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But ultimately, everything is a copy. Even children are copies of their parents, with their DNA being reconfigured and tell the different ways. Even when I look at the face of Seneca, his nose and mouth is a copy of his moms, and his eyes and face is a copy of mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Iterations or simply slightly remixes copies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So what is our goal as artists, creators, and innovators? It isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t to make totally brand new things, but rather, take what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re given and slightly create it in different ways. To remix. To up cycle. Just lightly iterate on what has been done in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think about biology, specifically human biology, no child is born totally carte blanche or a blank slate. Certainly their physiology in their morphological physical features is a copy of their parents. In certain imprinting of the personality I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure is also a copy and a subtle reconfiguration of their parents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this is where society is the most interesting human technology, because society and socialization is what reconfigures the personality of a child and human being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artistic or creative or photography clich\u00c3\u00a9s <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"326611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/seattle-eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seattle ERIC KIM black and white street photography 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?fit=1707%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?resize=1707%2C2560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?resize=1366%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1366w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?resize=1568%2C2352&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?resize=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/seattle-ERIC-KIM-black-and-white-street-photography-2.jpeg?resize=706%2C1059&amp;ssl=1 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is this huge impediment to artists and photographers: that is, the fear of being clich\u00c3\u00a9 or creating a clich\u00c3\u00a9 photo. But why is it such a big deal? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it is. My theory is the anti-clich\u00c3\u00a9 sentiment is from overzealous artistic nerds who want to flex their art history prowess, rather than to truly judge the authenticity or the love imputed into an artwork. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There seems to be this bias everywhere. That is, all clich\u00c3\u00a9s are bad. But are clich\u00c3\u00a9s really that big of a deal? 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