Dear Creativity: A Letter From All Artists

Описание: This is a letter I wrote to creativity, and the letter it wrote back.


Dear creativity,
I've tried it all.
I've given my life to art,
I've confided all.
From the moment I could hold a pen - I gave up on every possible career,
To pursue who? To pursue you,
But instead I lost it all here.
Tens of thousands of hours,
Stories. Pictures. And Songs.
I've struggled. I've bled. I've reached my limit. Tell me how I am wrong!
I expected money, or fame, or at the very least, a modest living...
I just want to do what I love.
But this labor is so unforgiving.
I love you, creativity. But you turned your back on me,
I just want to know why?
Or is this it? Am I leaving you, like you left me?
Is this goodbye?
Regards,
Cal.

Dear Cal,
I don't know you. Not like you know me.
It's not my job to validate you, or inspire you to be,
I'm not capable of creating art.
But I do know one thing, so hear my heart..
You are exceptional.
You are worthy of what you have given me, for what you have given me is also what you have given the world.
Turn my back on you? No.
You simply forgot why you chose me.
I am the shell, and you are the pearl.
It wasn't for money, or fame, or even to make a modest living.
It was for the journey. It was to overcome the things that were so unforgiving.
That feeling you get when you write, or draw, or play that song.
Everything you create has meaning, and I mean it when I say it's not wrong.
I am not for you. I am by you.
I am not for the world. I am by the world.
Why? Because that's really all the world is. Billions of people, creating.
You are needed for the world to exist, and the ether is simply here waiting.
So, are you leaving me? No.
Because you can't leave a part of yourself,
And I'm not going anywhere,
For I am the art of yourself.
Eternally yours,
Creativity.


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Dear Creativity, 2025.
Written and Edited by Cal Mulligan.
Music and additional footage is used under fair use and creative commons licensing.



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