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In fact, we're not putting what we make into the culture, what we make IS the culture. Putting something in the world that didn't exist before is the broadest definition of making, which means all of us can be makers. Creators.

There is often the perception that all of that person's life was driven toward some goal either by fate or personal ambition. Wheter it's winning an Olympic medal or founding a Fortune 500 company or going to the moon, the story always seems to arc the same way. Life stories always look like straight lines from the vantage point of looking back, but precious few really are.

I have always found that to make anything great requires a good idea that is approached with a genuine regard for excellence and honesty.

Drawing can have that same kind of power for a maker of any age or skill level. It is a language in which experts and novices alike can communicate, because it is fundamentally the universal language of creation.

Here's the thing about stuffed animal talismans that became obvious once I finally had kids of my own: they are objects that are seperate from you, but they also are you. They are both sponge and mirror. They are a projection. The adventures you take them on narratively are your adventures. Onto them you project all the things you want for yourself, that you like about yourself, and what you don't like about yourself. They are your world.