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Memes. Many. Invading. Assaulting. Surrounding. Puzzling. Stimulating.

To tag or not to tag?

Ideas to share. Secrets to reveal. Conversations to follow. Comments to moderate. Thinking. Questioning. Searching. Researching.

And the sun shines. It’s warm in Germany. My neighbor works in the garden. She’s got this amazing magnolia tree and all I can think about is to kiss Arthur goodbye and go out, embrace the sun and capture that stunning magnolia tree on canvas.

But I have to stay in, write for you – because I want to share a ray of sunlight, the color of magnolia and a song… again.

This is how I create content for my blog, dear Steli. I take some time to behold the wonders around; I fill up my spirit with their essence and try to put down the words.

Yet this is a business blog. Wonders have to blend harmoniously with serious topics. My purpose is both to entertain and to educate. I guess that’s the answer you were looking for. Thank you for the tag.

And because we speak about original content, I’d like to lead you steps, like every weekend already, to some blogs of note I found this week. Remember, the order is random.

Two very talented writers Diana Burrel and Linda Formichelli share their thoughts at The Renegade Writer. This is an excellent blog and although I recommend it as a weekend read, it certainly deserves a place in your daily bookmarks. I encourage you to buy The Renegade Writer guide to freelance success and Query Letters that Rock authored by the same two amazing bloggers.

Let’s remain in the writers’ universe for a while and visit the Tennessee Text Wrestling where Thomma Lyn promotes, among wonderfully written entries, her book The Eternal Summer.

Then go read Lola Nation’s poetry: thought provoking, mystifying and enthralling.

Now let me give you something to stimulate both your visual senses and your mind: KiaNah blogs about everything you could think off but designs stunning websites. She is a very good designer. If you are one of my clients and read this entry, do consider hiring her!

A promise is a promise, sweet Dunn! It’s time to give you the recognition you deserve for the wonderful files you share on your blog. I’ve never seen such a good collection. I urge you all to take your time and browse Dunn’s interesting files.

Last, but not least… if you want to taste some Web Fruits… enjoy (content in Italian – links lead to English tutorials though)! This one is for you, Maria!

Now back to you, Steli: creating original content is a hard task. Ideas are rarely often special but never unique. And original means: “not derived or copied or translated from something else”. Honestly, I have never seen something not derived from something else.

Artists get their inspiration in nature. Bloggers… read other blogs or books, or whatever you want, gather knowledge and recreate the same universe. I’d say we share common thoughts and common ideas. And there’s nothing wrong with that. As Liz says: “together we can change the world.”

I’m not going to tag anyone this time. But I’d love to learn what do you feel about this: is our content really original? Pay attention: in the definition of the word we have a tricky clause: “not derived”. I give you my answer to start with: I know only One Creator of original “content”. God.


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