Carl Sagan + Apple Pie

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Carl Sagan (Youtube)

All the natural world exists within a set of rules that are built from a few small building blocks. I’m trying to use this as a reminder to use existing tools, approaches, and patterns in the act of creation.

Sometimes I fall into a trap of trying to everything in a completely new way. I get massively creatively blocked and can’t seem to put anything out into the world. This is a note to myself reminding me that putting a few simple or obvious things together is a creative act. And it’s okay to do that.