Finding Joy and Inspiration

'What I had to say to you, moreover, would not take long, to wit: Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting sculpting. poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow' Kurt Vonnegut This idea has come up for me repeatedly over the last couple of months (and this is the most eloquently I've heard it expressed) - the act of creating is the most important thing. What happens after it is created is not the goal, it's not what makes it special, it's not what determines if the art is good or not. Creating art is good for your soul, it helps you grow as a person, it brings joy, it is the point of art. Only good can come from the actual act of creating it.  I can see this with my photography and my writing. When I take photos for the joy of it, when I write what I'm feeling or thinking or imagining, it brings me pea...