I’m not a particularly artistic person. I’m not a photographer, painter, musician, actor or anything else. I’m just a software engineer with some hobbies.

My only public display of creativity is this blog and some channel for my friends. So it’s writing. But whether it’s because I’m used to doing it, or simply because these are just written thoughts from my head, I don’t consider it creative “for real”.

Some people say about programming that it also includes creativity. Yes, at first steps maybe, but with time it’s more similar to craft and all creative is gone because rules, profit, etc. So it loses its creative forms and the urge begins to stir.

I’m also a human and there are ideas in my head. Sometimes there are ideas for some short stories, games, game sessions. Especially after I saw a powerful image somewhere, get spark of inspiration and make time to get bored.

Is there any final result of these ideas? No. Am I striving for that? For some – yes, but for most not really – I realize how much time it would take.

Over time, as my ambitions began to fade and I started to appreciate the simple life, my perspective on creativity slightly shifted. Final result doesn’t really matter if the process itself involves fun and joy of creating something. I let my creative impulses live and it makes me happy in a moment.

Written with respect to all people who take their creative ideas all the way to completion and publication. But if you never finish yours – that’s a path too.