'Among the Mixes' By Josiahpoetis

Why It Matters

The reflection reframes debates about cultural appropriation, intellectual ownership and artistic creation, highlighting how value is assigned through perspective and reuse. For creators, brands and cultural institutions, it underscores the commercial and ethical stakes in how past work is repurposed and presented.

Summary

The piece meditates on creativity, ownership and the fluidity of meaning, questioning whether one can adopt another’s craft and still claim it as their own. It frames human culture as a chain of borrowed fragments—discarded ideas and memories repurposed into new significance—blurring lines between thieves, artists and prophets. The narrator suggests meaning is less created than uncovered, lying beneath ruin and chance, while what’s cast off may be treasure to someone else. Ultimately it portrays humanity as inheritors of ashes striving to reshape them into stars.

Original Description

"A timeless journey of things we come across together in our own different ways" - josiahpoetis

Duchamp & Sons member @josiahpoetis visited 'Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations' and wrote a poem exploring the themes that struck him most - meaning, fragments and impermanence.