What Wasn’t There Before

Music producer Rick Rubin wrote in his book The Creative Act:

To create is to bring something into existence what wasn’t there before.

It could be a conversation, the solution to a problem, a note to a friend, the rearrangement of furniture in a room, a new route home to avoid a traffic jam.

Whether we do this consciously or unconsciously, by merely being alive, we are active participants in the ongoing process of creation.