Tobin Hart, in his book THE FOUR VIRTUES, defines “creation” as “harnessing the capacity to take action.” Everything can “do” stuff….it’s why we’re here on the planet, apparently. (Even rocks and dirt can “do” stuff.) What turns doing into creating is what Making is all about: a purposeful directing of energies that brings something new into existence.
I don’t remember where he originated. He was a character in one of the potato-chip (you can’t just eat one) books that I like to read. In the book, Frank-the-Mechanic was a retired assassin who gets sucked back up in leftovers from his previous life. He was a super-casual sort of businessman who had a number of interests that he kept up, all of them suitable as a single career. He did each one – a little bit every day…
