# A Few Quotes on Making I read two of these quotes yesterday and they've been sitting in my gut since then. There's a swirl of the why behind creativity between the lines. The more I dig into my own process, the more I want to dig and make and share. Maybe these will spark that within you too. *A few hours later* I decided to come back and give each quote a smidge of context. > [!quote] > "Those are the main points. Otherwise, using film is pretty expensive and a mostly ridiculous, difficult-to-justify endeavor. But humans thrive on ridiculous, difficult-to-justify endeavors — creatively, especially. And leaning into film — with extreme reluctance, I might add — and enjoying it (with great suspicion, I might add) more and more tells me that something interesting / worthwhile is happening here, and so why not continue exploring this thread?" — Craig Mod, [About a Nightingale Day 1 — Howdy, the Priest, the Farmers](https://public.hey.com/p/yM5JhwD4ZAMeEyyyD8HC2JVL) Up first, Craig Mod on his first day of his pop-up newsletter About a Nightingale. Craig is back into film photography (me too, on a very small scale). As Craig talks about the "pretty expensive and a mostly ridiculous, difficult-to-justify endeavor" that is film, I can't help but think the same about [[Rewiring - Preparing the Way for Tink 4K|my wiring setup]] or my recent focus on physical movies instead of streaming. I am trading simplicity and convenience for tactile finicky means. But where does the craft stop and the hobby start? What is interest and what is creation? I suppose I need to pull on the thread and find out. > [!quote] > "Some people express their deep appreciation for their species. In different ways. But one of the ways that I believe, people express their appreciation, to to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful. And put it out there. And you never, you never meet the people, you never shake their hands. You never hear their story or tell yours, but somehow in the act of making something with a great deal of care and love something's transmitted there." — Steve Jobs, [October 23, 2007](https://stevejobsarchive.com/newsletters/on-the-origin-of-make-something-wonderful) What would have been Steve's 70th birthday was yesterday, as of this writing, and the Steve Jobs Archive shared this story. I had never really thought of what I make as an appreciation of those that have come before me and those that surround me. The heart of my creations though is to pass on thanks and shared experiences. Steve knew a thing or two. > [!quote] > “When an encounter with another’s work moves me at a deep level—whether it’s a character in a story or an object in a film—my desire to embody that character or replicate that object is really just an attempt to understand and unpack why it has moved me and then to capture the story of that moment of inspiration in physical form.” — Adam Savage, *[Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It](https://www.amazon.com/Every-Tools-Hammer-Life-What/dp/1982113472)*, Chapter 1: Dig Through the Bottom of the Rabbit Hole Steve's quote reminded me of this one. When I make an essay or write thousands of words about a topic, I am wanting to understand that thing through the act of making a new thing. The cycle continues.