To me, all creativity is magic. Ideas start out in the empty void of your head - and they end up as a material thing, like a book you can hold in your hand. That is the magical process. It's an alchemical thing. Yes, we do get the gold out of it but that's not the most important thing. It's the work itself. Alan Moore
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The quote above is taken from an interview I did with the writer and novelist, Neil Gaiman. His words echo what most of us know about creativity and inspiration and about magic and alchemy and all that good stuff. He talks about the creative process and the need to keep going through it even when we're not sure what we're doing or where we're going. I think most of us would agree that we need to keep going on our creative journeys.

Sometimes they lead us to places we never imagined. Sometimes they lead us to places so full of possibilities that we can't believe it's happening. The journey itself is what's important.

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