Make Something Heavy

An easy way to lose oneself is to consume so much we lose sight of who we are and what we value. Creating is the opposite. The more we create, the more likely we are to figure out what’s really inside us.

And I don’t mean getting more people to start a Substack, or build an audience. There’s a peculiar kind of sadness that comes from adding more wor... See more

Telling everyone they’re a creator has only fostered a new strain of imposter syndrome . Being called a creator doesn’t make you one or make you feel like one; creating something with weight does . When you’ve made something heavy—something that stands on its own—you don’t need validation. You just know, because you feel its weight in your hands . ... See more

AI now promises results without the reckoning, but frictionless creation leads to weightless rewards. No one dreams of merely pushing a button to generate their magnum opus. The struggle is what makes it count, what gives it weight.