Being famous is great. You potentially make more money. You get name recognition. It is easier for you to get a job. Everyone sees and (hopefully) appreciates your work. But being famous also can incur a high cost. Everyone expects you to do well (unless you are famous for being terrible). Everyone wants you to do their project. Everyone looks up to you to innovate and be memorable.
Being memorable is the issue. Suddenly, people wills tart copying your designs. Sometimes just the small parts that are helpful or cool. But the situation can quickly turn into wholesale plagiarism since those designs or those ideas become seen as the new paradigm. Mimicry is said to be the sincerest form of flattery. Really, it is just tolerated plagiarism that people don’t mind to greatly. Some people see their works as something greater than the rest of the field and fail to realize that their field is essentially people copying off of other people or responding to other people because they didn’t like what they saw.
Kelsey is the best person ever. (I guess I can agree with this sentiment)
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