Monthly Archives: November 2006

Sidenote: Adaptations, Dambusters, Peter Jackson

Adaptation
1. The action or process of adapting, fitting, or suiting one thing to another.
1610 HEALEY St. Aug., City of God 743 They..made a very ingenious adaptation of the one to the other. 1646 SIR T. BROWNE Pseud. Ep. III. xi. 130 A commixtion of both in the whole rather than an adaptation or cement of [...]

The Original, The Altered and The Aura

Some thoughts on adaptations: the original, the altered, and the aura.
We appear to live in a culture that values the “final original” version of a work (“Art” may be freely substituted if so desired). Galleries, libraries and museums promote and covet their artifacts, and the people in turn covet the institutions. [...]