Coincidence

[Andrea]

OK, this will be pretty hard for me to explain without seeming weird, but my recent visit at the museums in Spain reminded me once again about all those funny coincidences that keep me excited and inspired since the day I´ve started painting.

I have seen these kind of things many times throughout the years, so I´m just curious if any of you have experienced something similar within your branch of art. You know, I´m talking about that sweet surprise when your realize that your creation has already been made in some form by someone else just recently or maybe several years ago.

That some of the most successful painters, like Picasso and Dali, copied old famous paintings was a great surprise for me anyway, mostly because that is how I, an amateur, began to paint in the early 90´s. This was my second painting ever. Not a good copy, not even finished, just my version without the cows and the girl.






But what surprised me even more lately at the Dali museum, was the similarities to some of my old motifs and themes.

After my oil painting period I became restless and wanted to produce things faster. So I started to scrawl and scribble almost everyday for 2-3 years.
It was (and in a way still is) like an obsession, I just had to do it.
I have hundreds of drawings and scrawls in notebooks, on paper pieces and sheets that I later scanned and processed further in Photo Shop.
I guess there are limited amount of things on this Earth to depict, so sooner or later we all make things that others already have done before, but some of the combinations are indeed fascinating.






Have you met with or witnessed coincidences like this within music or other art?