Create, even if no one else cares what it is

“No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.” —Terry Pratchett

Our life is not the same as our existence; it’s only a part of it. Dedicate yourself to creating, to contributing things of value to the world, without shame, without limits—create everything necessary and unnecessary.

You never know who you might help with your work, with your art. Create from the depths of your heart, put everything into it, and aim for perfection. Infuse every creation with your truest, highest self. Create to learn and to help, to contribute and improve. Satisfy that urge to bring things into being on a blank page, in the foundations of a project, in the sound of silence.

Do not underestimate the value of creating. Our ancestors created, tested, tried different methods. Science is also based on generating multiple possible solutions to problems. But for some reason, in today’s society, we are often discouraged from creating, or at the very least, not encouraged to do so.

From a young age, we were taught to memorize, to find only one correct answer among many, to follow the lines neatly and get the strokes just right. The fact that creating, inventing solutions, coming up with new ideas, exploring new ways to analyze and think, veering off the beaten path, and giving free rein to our imagination is essential for life, was often overlooked.

The meaning of creating

““Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done.” —Austin Kleon

The act of making things and infusing them with meaning transfers that meaning back to life itself. It doesn’t matter the scale; it doesn’t even matter how many people praise you. Do it for you—you owe yourself that favor. You deserve to be full of purpose and to face life radiantly. And who knows, perhaps your light will inspire another star to shine. And that star will do the same.

Starting with the belief that something is possible allows you to move forward with that ideal in mind. It doesn’t matter if you want to touch the moon or kiss an angel, let yourself believe in it, even if part of your mind tells you it’s absurd, unintelligible. Let that artist within you come out and meet the world. Don’t limit it; let it make all kinds of doodles. Give it your life as the canvas it needs.

And behind it all, even if you accomplish none of what you set out to do, at the very least, you will have drawn a tear of happiness from that innocent child who once believed everything was possible. Where did that spirit of naive heroism go? Where did that little hero go?

Because if there is anything courageous in this world—especially in these times—it is to leave the familiar paths and venture into new worlds. To rediscover universal principles through your own means and uncover new spells through your own experience. To guide yourself by instinct and that inner wisdom that is always whispering in your ear, but which you have set aside, having forgotten how to listen to the unreasonable.

Yet sometimes, the most unreasonable things in this world are the ones most worthy of reason, and often, the ones the world needs.

Let’s touch our limits to find out where they lie and then shatter them.

We will realize that our true limits are not those we believe. Those are merely what we’ve been led to believe about ourselves. Perhaps not with malicious intent. That’s why we must forgive them through our unsuspected work, by making use of that last scene no one saw coming. And by doing this, we will honor life, whose most basic principle is unpredictability.

I could go on writing about this, but for now, I leave my work here, unfinished yet satisfied in its primary purpose: to create something, even if no one else cares what it is.

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