I feel vulnerable posting this one, it feels very personal.
It’s my attempt to get one of my core beliefs down on paper. I wanted something I could read through when I need to reassure myself that I’m on the right path.
I talk a lot about how to turn your passion into a career but this is something else.
If you’re one of the lucky few who can align art and business, then you get to spend your days doing what you love whilst being able to afford clothes, food and rent. Which is pretty cool.
But whether its your job or not, every single person deserves to make stuff, it’s good for you. It’s your human right.
So, I wrote a reminder.
You were put on this planet to Make
At some point in your life, you’ll hear a call
Softly at first.
It could be a blank canvas, piano keys, clay,
a blank page, a camera or lines of code
Make a promise to yourself to find your ‘thing’ because
You were put on this planet to Make
Not every person listens to the call
Dreaming is discouraged in a system that seeks to shackle creativity
They want to break your spirit but you must remember
You were put on this planet to Make
Few will question the rules that don’t make sense
Only the brave ones reject the expected and keep creating
Most will succumb to the mundane and predictable
Pacified by products and scrolling for dopamine until they forget
They were put on this planet to Make
You will be misunderstood, criticised and doubted
But you have the power to make stuff that brings joy to others
You can design your own life and feed your soul by living creatively, knowing that
You were put on this planet to Make
It doesn’t need to be good.
You can show the world or keep it to yourself
As long as you get the ideas out.
Make what you want to see in the world. Make what’s missing.
Everybody dies but art and ideas can live forever
Everything on Earth can only exist because of what was made before it
We stand on the shoulders of the dreamers, the visionaries and the innovators
You have a part to play, if you dare to listen to the call;
You were put on this planet to Make