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You want to.
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That’s how art gets made – when it is made today. No art ever gets made tomorrow.
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It will make your day better.
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If you do it today, it will likely be much easier to do it again tomorrow.
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To beat your internal resistance.
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Because it is an act of resistance against consumerism.
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To express the unique recipe of emotions and experiences you are feeling today.
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Because you’re a little bit scared to.
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“…perhaps the birds will feel the expanded air with more passionate flying.” (Rilke)
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You have an idea for a piece of art, however small.
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To have a change in routine/To continue your routine.
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There aren’t too many better ways to spend an hour.
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Because the sun rose this morning and set this evening, and even if it was behind a grey curtain of cloud, the changing sky has provided material for artists since the very beginning of art.
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It is (or can be) one of the cheapest ways to amuse yourself.
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If you have stuff to work through, it’ll help you work through it.
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You’ll look at the art you made today in a few years, and it’ll help you remember a bit about what your life was like “back then.”
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Your perspective and experience today is slightly different today than it is on any other day, so anything you make today will represent this unique perspective.
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You promised yourself awhile ago that you would make more art.
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Last time you made art, you asked yourself why you don’t do this more often.
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What you say through your art might someday make someone else feel less alone.
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Because there’s no thrill like beginning something new.
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It’ll make you feel more connected to the world.
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It’ll make you feel more connected to yourself.
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It’ll make you feel more connected to nature, or the supernatural, or your life purpose, or God, or your own personal belief system.
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The internet can wait.
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It allows you to say something if you feel you’re being silenced or cannot express yourself in another area of your life.
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You’ll learn something about yourself.
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Because you can. Even if it’s just a thought experiment, a sung melody, or a doodle on a scrap of paper, the making of a tiny piece of art is accessible to all.
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Although it doesn’t have to be “good”, it probably won’t be half-bad, either.
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It makes a good response to the “What did you do last night?” question.
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Because something in you is drawn to make something, and this impulse can either be heeded or ignored. But one thing is certain – it’s not going to go away.
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