Help! I'm being eaten alive by subconscious influence!

So in the Ectasy of Influence, I cannot escape from the idea of crytpomenesia aka Simpsons Did It Syndrome. It is definitely something I have experienced many times when writing. But, let me go on another point about this piece first, before I return to something different. I loved how Lethem talks about non-literary sources throughout his article (and he uses them in Cars as well) and by that I mean sources like music and film. I love the concept of taking from the "modern" pop culture of the day, or should I say stealing stuff from this past generation.

From Burrough's treatment of Naked Lunch, one just takes the popular and the pulp and makes it into something literary. And why not? Why can't I take a still from Spiderman and make it something behind what Stan Lee has envisioned? Sure, Marvel Comics #1 is now priced at $250,000-$1,000,000. (Holy shit that's expensive!) But isn't it just "pop" or "pulp" from the 30's?

After all, we (as in, writers, artists, musicians) are always taking and building, and when we do it right, we create something amazing. When we do it wrong, we end up sued by Joe Satriani.

Also, i'm sorry it's 1:11 and i'm posting this. Dick move on my part.

Blame SOPA and PIPA. Because that relates to our class in a way. It's all about censorship and the power to censor creative works.

(really it's just because I almost forgot)