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Originally Posted by anothercliché
Why would I draw to draw? That seems pointless. Again I can get appreciating art, even though that accomplishes nothing other than understanding of a work, but why CREATE if I'm not creating something worth creating?
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Just for the feeling of enjoying the process. Could be joy, sensual pleasure, relaxation.
Example1: I enjoy making lines and colours, but I have no reason to. I'm always happy to do an illustration if needed by friends. I've done logos. It's natural to me to do it. Feels good mucking about with it
Example 2: Similarly, my husband noodles on wind instrument for relaxation and pleasure. I think the output is beautiful, but from his point of view, he's going for expressing his feelings in the moment. Tends to be brief, maybe 5-10 minutes max. He doesn't know scales or any music theory, and he got frustrated trying to learn songs, so he has no intention to create anything of lasting value or to anyone's standard. But he would never give up his noodling.
Does it make sense as a response to your question? It might be what GK Chesterton meant by, "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly."