Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Having a Genetic Copy


http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/lifestyle/arts/a-twin-take-on-imitation-artwork-1-4156226

This is a very good article about a Radio 4 programme “DOES an original work of art have more value than a copy...and if so, why?” Twins Lindsey and Karen joined in the discussion and this is what they had to say.
“Our part in it was to discuss what it is like to have a genetic copy of yourself, do you feel the same and what are your differences?”
But what was it like as a twin being involved in a discussion about ‘copies’?
Karen said: “We don’t get offended if people mix us up and we don’t feel any less individual if people mix us up, but then we don’t know any different. I look at Lindsey and it is like looking in a mirror.
“We don’t feel we have to go out of our way to be the same or different. We have similar hair but that is the way we feel our hair suits us. We might look more different if we were striving for individuality but we don’t feel any less of a person because there is someone very similar to us either.”

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