From the Classic Tarot, the Ten of Staves; from the Constellations Deck, Canes Venatici:
All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.
― Austin Kleon
The Classic's meaning for this card is emulation: the process of copying something achieved by someone else and trying to do it as well as they have. Copying may sound like a horrible thing to do, but if we are trying to learn, it gives us a launching pad. This is how the Renaissance artists studied and gained skills and techniques. Yet achieving the ability to copy a master should not be our end game, as Canes Venatici ("hunting dogs") implies. Instead, we use what we've learned to explore and find our own creative expression and style.
