Why you should not create something new.

We are having constant access and connection to a world full of blooming creativity. The web is a source of inspiration and a platform for expression. Isn’t it fantastic to have the possibility of spreading new ideas so easily, quickly and for free, and sharing our thoughts with everyone?
Sometimes when we are working on a new project we are preparing the perfect concept, we are thoroughly checking the options, finding more and more inspiration, doing proper research and then it happens: We are stumbling over a similar project, artwork, design or text that is already existing on the web.
And so we are ending up frustrated, inactive and unproductive, full of concerns and doubts created by comparison. Getting to this point is interesting. We are starting to ask questions. What makes my idea different? What is the reason and the justification to create something new when there is already so much out there in this world? What has the right to come to life?
Sometimes it might be a lack of confidence. Sometimes it might be laziness and the lack of perseverance to get your project in right shape. But sometimes it is just the perfectly right amount of responsibilty to not pullute our surroundings with even more unnecassary output.
It feels exhausting, tiring and time-consuming to get constantly overwhelmed by an enormous amount of content that people are creating and sharing. We are busy with selecting and curating all this existing data and trying to separate the important from the unimportant. Everyone seems to have a new idea. Everyone is producing something. Everyone is sharing everything.
I am not here to motivate someone to create something. I am not here for teaching smart strategies to boost creativity. I am not here to encourage someone to publish every single average and self-centered thought and idea or produce another unnecassary product that is wasting time, energy and resources. I am sorry, but I am here to tell that this world is already noisy enough.
Of course I do believe that creative self-expression is everyone’s right. It is just fine and wonderful to do creative work. But creating something does not necessarily mean that there is a need to publish, sell or spread it. Or to make the world more overcrowded with another random output that is just a copy of another random output from a loud person who is trying to grab attention out there for the wrong reasons.
There is just one justification for going public with an idea or project: When we really have something important to say. When we are working on meaningful content that matters. When it solves a problem. When it makes a change. When it is moving or touching people. When our ideas, products, artworks or words are helpful, educating or inspiring for someone else.
Thank you for reading and for your precious time.
