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+title: Makers make
+date: 2024-09-03T19:20:05.146Z
+slug: 2024-09-03-makers-make
+author: Thomas Wilson
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+I owe a lot of the things I like about myself to the [Cortex Podcast](https://www.relay.fm/cortex).
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+When I was a different person I was listening to the podcast on a bike, cycling alone through central France.  One of the hosts said something like: 
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+> You know what creators do?  They create.
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+It was in the context of, very loud air-quotes, "entrepreneurs" - people who seem more interested in selling small cohort courses for aspiring business owners, than starting their own actual business.  
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+Or maybe they were talking about people who were always one workshop away from writing the first draft of their screenplay, or will book onto the *next* open mic night.
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+I guess the actual quote doesn't matter, really. 
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+But the message stuck with me.
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+You know what creators do?  They create.
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+And you know what's even cooler?  You probably don't need permission to start making.  You can just... start. 
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+Your smart phone has a camera, your computer has a notes app, the social media platforms would _love_ to host your capital-C Content.  The library is so full of books, but it would be very uncool of you to pirate those PDFs of research papers online.
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+The quote is a reminder that if you want to identify as a maker, a crafter, a creator - you can.  You just need to start making, crafting, creating.  
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+And in the moments when you, maker you, stop making - perhaps because it feels too big or unrewarding or not good enough - all you have to do is start making again.
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+Frog the yarn and start a new scarf, ⌘N a new document, put the crummy garment in the bin.
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+You do not need permission, you are a maker, so you make.