What Can I Make?

“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” – William Plomer

“Rather than asking what can I do? Ask what can I make?” – Martha Beck

Doing is transactional, checking the box, volume driven, busy, productive, counting, outcomes focused
Making is relational, slow, intentional, building, weaving, wandering, connecting, patterns, creativity
The gift of the process, the journey, the unfolding, the unknowing, the leaping, the trying
Patterns, connections, discovery
While doing what’s necessary, also ask what can I make?
Through connection, conversation, creativity, fun, exploration, pausing, laughter, kindness, generosity.
Be a carpenter, build something beautiful.

“Criticism is an alluring substitute for creation, because tearing things down, unlike building them up, really is as easy as falling off a stump. It’s blissfully simple to strike a savvy, sophisticated pose by attacking someone else’s creations, but the old adage is right: Any fool can burn down a barn. Building one is something else again.”― Martha Beck