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# Why Recycle (A Manifesto)?
By Rick Prelinger
This short manifesto is about why I like working with old images more than making new ones.
// First
why add to the population of orphaned artworks?
// Second
what presumption that new work improves on old.
// Third
honor our ancestors by recycling their wisdom.
// Fourth
the ideology of originality is arrogant and wasteful.
// Fifth
dregs are the sweetest drink of all.
// Sixth
leftovers were spared for a purpose.
// Seventh
actors don't get a fair shake the first time around, let's give them another.
// Eighth
the pleasure of recognition warms us on cold nights and cools us in hot summers.
// Ninth
we reach the future only by roundabout means.
// Tenth
as we wish to address the future the past also desires to address us.
// Eleventh
access to what's already happened is cheaper than access to what's currently happening.
// Twelfth
archives are justified by use.
// Thirteenth
make a quilt not an advertisement.
