https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog Reflections on creativity, creative block, and why we make things, from Why Do You Create? en Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/which-parts-you-chose https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/which-parts-you-chose Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 When a machine's answer sounds right, it's easy to take it. A new study has a name for that. In making things, the deciding is the work. https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/make-it-first https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/make-it-first Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 When a machine can make almost anything, why make it yourself? New research on what the making does for us, and why it matters who goes first. https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/you-signed-it-yourself https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/you-signed-it-yourself Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Most of us are waiting for permission from someone who forgot the conversation years ago. A look at the one line in the journey that stops people cold. https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/the-fear-you-picked https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/the-fear-you-picked Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 You'll know your deepest fear before you finish reading the list. This is about what happens when you finally name it. https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/you-almost-missed-it https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/you-almost-missed-it Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 We wait years for inspiration to strike like lightning. The real spark already happened this week. Small, quiet, easy to miss. Here's where to look. https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/nobody-watching https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/nobody-watching Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Most of us stop creating when the work starts to feel invisible, when it feels like nobody's watching. On being seen versus being known. https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/fire-and-seeds https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/fire-and-seeds Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sequoia cones stay sealed for years, waiting for fire to open them. The burnout, the doubt, the creative block that won't break. That's the heat. https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/you-forgot https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/you-forgot Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 At some point, every one of us forgets why we started. This is about what happens when you stop long enough to remember. https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/the-question https://whydoyoucreate.com/blog/the-question Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Everyone asks what you're working on. Nobody asks why. That missing question is the reason the doubt gets so loud.