Porter and Murray seem to have opposing sides in a single argument, but under closer inspection one can see that their arguments aren’t too different. Murray claims that all writing is autobiographical and Porter claims all writing is influenced by other writing. MY autobiography pulls from the ideas and events of my life. Of course part of my life, my autobiography, is reading. Murray explains how we take the ideas out of our mind and put them on paper. Porter on the other hand explains how those same ideas are put in our minds in the first place. I can’t reference Shakesphere without reading it, and once I read his work it is part of me. Autobiographical doesn’t mean original, we stand on the shoulders of those before us (I’m sure I stole that quote from someone several years ago). The idea of originality only applies to making new connections. All that there is and ever will be is already here. We as a human race only need to fit the puzzle together. (That was deep)
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