Adaptation is original creation, not a compromised second-hand process

Evidence

Each way of telling, each medium for telling, draws a different potential from the original. Adaptation, done well, is not a secondary process, a set of grudging compromises—but an act of creation in itself. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 898

Categorization

• SEED: Reframe for reviewing adaptations: judge what the medium unlocks, not fidelity alone.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 898
• XREF: connects to: Deliberate design generates new cultural variation faster and more constructively than random mutation — Emlen, Douglas J, Animal Weapons_ The Evolution of Battle, 499; Identical text can differ in originality depending on authorial context. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 2029; Rebuilt libraries become new formations bearing memory rather than restorations — Jamal Awil, The Whispering Archive: The Complete…, 1402 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Intellectual originality can be a product of marginal social position #complicates (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 10
• Identical text can differ in originality depending on authorial context. #expands (0.50) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 2029
• Rebuilt libraries become new formations bearing memory rather than restorations #exemplifies (0.40) — Jamal Awil, The Whispering Archive, 1402