At one time, rap music used to not even be considered music.
This was a focus on differences.
Lin-Manuel Miranda connected Alexander Hamilton to Hip-Hop artists and created the Broadway Musical, Hamilton.
This was a focus on similarities.
By focusing on similarities he made something different, something unique.
The Disney film, The Lion King almost wasn’t made because it wasn’t a film about people. It was a film about talking animals.
This was a focus on differences.
One of the turning points came when The Lion King was connected to Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet that the story grew wings.
This was a focus on similarities.
By focusing on similarities they made something different, something unique.
Differences are important. It’s what makes things unique.
But just below that uniqueness is a slew of similarities.
Similarities reveal the structure.
Similarities reveal the framework.
Similarities reveal the strategy.
By helping your students to notice similarities
it gives them a good shot at making something different, something unique.
Trevor (@trevorabryan)