Appropriation

I see appropriation as stealing someone else's original concept. Often seen through cultural appropriation, artists and designers take concepts from cultures all over the world and appropriate them by unwillingly using these sacred ideas and implementing them into a culture in which it is unnatural and greatly disrespectful to the origin. I see appropriation as something negative, because it is un-original. Ideas, especially in art, usually take a lot of research, experience, emotion, and creativity so when it is copied with the intention of stealing, it's degrading to the artist. In relation to plagiarism, I find the two very similar. Not making the sacrifice of developing an original concept, being insecure about being unique and stealing from someone else's, usually for validation by others. I personally don't think the world needs copies, we need originality!