Plagiarizing is Killing

                Plagiarism: An Act of Murder

          Plagiarism is the act of of stealing and publishing the materials of other authors without their consent, this includes their expressions, ideas, concepts, and their original work in general. 

          Plagiarism is applicable to all medium, in writing you can steal sentences, phrases, or maybe even a whole paragraph. In photography you can publish photos that aren't even yours and label them as your own, in film you can take scenes from other films without the filmmaker's consent or worse you can publish a whole movie and label yourself as its filmmaker. In painting, drawing and other forms of visual arts, the same thing goes, you can take an artwork and wrongfully label yourself as its maker.

That is plagiarism. Stealing, publishing, then killing.

Maybe your asking, why killing? Don't worry, I'm going to explain.

          You see, when you plagiarize you don't just steal other people's work them publish them without their consent, you're also doing something to yourself, in fact something worse.

You're killing your creativity.

          By just stealing the works of others, you're losing the effort to make to make your own content, you're not taking the time to craft your own masterpiece, you're not using you're own talents, thus you are killing your own creativity. 

          Creativity is the phenomenon whereby new and imaginative ideas are formed. It is within all of us, it's one of the qualities that make each of us unique. So when you plagiarize, you also kill the opportunity for something new to come in to this world.

         

          Plagiarism is a crime, it is an academic dishonesty, and a serious ethical offense and when you plagiarize, you're not only a thief, but also a killer. Plagiarism is all around us, it can be done by anyone, and you might even be doing it right now without you realizing. But it's not too late.

Stop plagiarism, stop the killings, and together we can prevent the extinction of creativity.

  

TS

This is me.

This is Tyron Santos.

Tyron Santos, in an akward "looking up the ceiling" pose.

     If I would describe myself in one word, it would probably be "artsy." Ever since I was in the kindergarten I already had a relationship with the arts, particularly - drawing. Drawing was interesting for me because it was easy to get started, you just had to get a piece of paper; a pen or a pencil; a good, sturdy chair and table; then you can draw.

    Drawing allowed me an escape from the realities of life. It's nice to know that whenever I feel forlorn or bored I could just get a piece of pen and paper, and create my own world.

          Drawing was my love interest up until recently that I've started to take a liking to the art of cinema. As a child I've always loved watching movies and like drawing, they allowed me an escape from reality, but I never saw them as art, for me they were just sources of entertainment.

          Because we are now living in the digital age, movies and other media have never been as accessible as they were before, naturally I had easier access to films, I could just go to a website, select a film, then watch it online. Then I started watching a lot; I also watched the processes it took to make a single movie and it enthralled me. That was when I started to appreciate cinema as a serious art form, and in the future I would want to collaborate with other people and make a motion picture that would also entertain and allow other people to go in to this world.

          I want to be a filmmaker.

          Now let's go back to the word that would describe me the best, "artsy." I'm saying this because whatever art form interests me today or tomorrow, it's still the same, I'm still the artist I was back in kindergarten, and over the years I have also been interested in other art forms like painting and photography, but it was drawing and filmmaking that captivated me the most. So whatever happens, one thing is sure to remain.

         This is me. I'am Tyron Santos, the artist.

"Dream of Freedom" a photo manipulation by Tyron Santos. 

"Dream of Exploration" another digital artwork
by Tyron Santos.