Only artifacts that leave the solitude of their inventor’s studios and imaginations can move the horizons of possibility and become the raw material for more culture making. Until an artifact is shared it is not culture.1
He goes on to quote Steve Jobs: “Real artists ship”
My interpretation: Eric needs to get on with things and start posting, submitting, sharing the writing he’s doing offline with the outside world.
Enough said.
- Andy Crouch Culture-Making, pg. 40 [↩]
“Contemplate, and then share with the world your contemplation.” St. Thomas Aquinas.
You don’t want to make a saint mad, do you?