One more thing on creative urges
Jan. 17th, 2005 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrissaI'm sorry to spam the friendspage today, but I think I've got it:
For me, the baking urge and the cooking urge are not creative impulses at all. They are caretaking impulses. This is why I have difficulty counting them as creative even when I'm making up recipes from scratch: because the creative part is a pleasant side effect, not why I do them. Making a loaf of bread? Fine. Making a loaf of bread specifically for someone who will specifically enjoy it? Deeply personally satisfying.
The story that came before Fortress of Thorns was a fairly rare union of creative and caretaking impulses, for reasons I don't want to get into here (=in public; you can talk to me on e-mail about it if you're curious). Anyway, I'm glad I've got that mostly sorted out.
For me, the baking urge and the cooking urge are not creative impulses at all. They are caretaking impulses. This is why I have difficulty counting them as creative even when I'm making up recipes from scratch: because the creative part is a pleasant side effect, not why I do them. Making a loaf of bread? Fine. Making a loaf of bread specifically for someone who will specifically enjoy it? Deeply personally satisfying.
The story that came before Fortress of Thorns was a fairly rare union of creative and caretaking impulses, for reasons I don't want to get into here (=in public; you can talk to me on e-mail about it if you're curious). Anyway, I'm glad I've got that mostly sorted out.
