A large part of creation is regularity. Consistently creating and iterating. Just making. Doing.
Most of what we create is bad. Maybe that’s too derogatory. Maybe it’s better to say that most of what we create doesn’t align with our vision for our work. But that is the way it feels. And that is the nature of creating; we are constantly trying to make a vision realized. To create something good, we must first create something that is bad. We must create something that fails.
This isn’t new information, of course. Part of creation is thinking about creation and thinking about what that means for us. That is why there are so many movies about actors: you can’t help but think about your own craft.
To me, writing is very closely associated with thinking. And so, one of my goals is to write more. And, maybe most importantly, to give my self the space to write badly.
Questions that arose in me while writing that I’d like to explore further later:
- How do we create for ourselves while ultimately creating for others?
- How do we deal with failure?
- How are “themes” aligned with creation?
- How do we avoid getting hung up on minutiae, yak-shaving?
- How is creation aligned with purpose?