On the Virtue of Creation
This website was created to satisfy my drive to have my own blog, and this desire is justified partly by this theory that ‘creation is virtuous’. In my relatively priviledged position I have plenty of consumption, and it seems that I should balance this with more creation. I will write my brief thoughts on this.
Firstly, this theory is incomplete. What is a virtue? What does it mean to create, as is not everything we do an act of creation of some sort? This blog is not a metaphysical proof. Nor should it be; I’m sure philosophers have discussed it all to death by now. Perhaps it would be better to steer away from my incomplete philosophy entirely, yet, I can not help but entertain it.
So, my thoughts on the “Virtue of Creation”: People create every day. Does that make them virtuous? Many people upload posts to instagram, for instance. It seems to me that many posts are made to simply signal some sort of virtue, rather than truly earning it. Take a vacation post made to pretend some lavish lifestyle, or selfies taken to push aesthetic values. I believe that, to some extent, the distinction between creating something of value(this ‘virtuous creation’) or not is made by the intentions of the author. Because, I have seen many vacation posts and selfies that I have admired. This could be due to their good intentions. I’m not sure, i’m not them.
Perhaps everyone but the Stoic Sage is equally driven towards vice.
So, some creation is virtuous. That atleast gives this blog a chance of being a force for good. Wonderful!
While I enjoy writing, none of it so far is public (nor would I want it to be). Having a public blog should motivate me to refine my writing(as far as my limited abilities allow). Hopefully I may even be able to write something legible along the way. “the way”, of course, being the road to my ultimate goal of publishing a trillion articles to become the most virtuous person ever. Maybe then my creation will finally ballance out my consumption of instagram reels.