Sand Castle: Why People Create

 

    Why do people have the need or want to create something? Is it selfishness, a need, or something more? Everyone has different reasons for wanting to create something. For the majority it seems to be self-confirmation or having the ability to give something to someone from a distant place. For me it seems to be the need to connect with other people, swapping thoughts and opinions about certain topics. Maybe even finding a way to talking about something that you would never usually bring up in a conversation with a complete stranger. You can create for others, or you can create for yourself. Creating for yourself may seem selfish, but it usually involves teaching something to yourself. By teaching yourself you may find a way to teach someone else. It can be difficult creating for someone else, because you never really know what someone would want to see until you see it yourself. Creating to please others just creates a mental blockade and doesn't allow for your ideas to flow as smoothly as they may have otherwise. In the end, finding a way to teach yourself about something is usually the best way to teach others about it. People definitely have different learning processes, but story is almost entirely universal.