Feedback
Perhaps it all started as far back as prehistoric times when that first person began scribbling something on the walls of a cave. The cave person found it fun to rub a stick or rock against another surface and to create something unique. Excited by what had been created, the caveperson called the others to show them what had been done. The cave dwellers admired the doodle and grunted in approval. Thereafter, others would also try their hand at this new form of self-expression. It was fun. It was good.
As fun and joyous as this new process of creating was, the cave person soon discovered that there was this inner desire for others to see what had been created. A warm ugh of approval went a long way. And even if others didn’t particularly like what was created, any form of feedback provided some sense of joy.
The creative cave dweller would eventually learn that some of the others weren’t interested in viewing the artistic creations. Although this reality was somewhat disappointing for the cave artist, it was something that could easily be accepted. After all, there were many caves and several others were now expressing themselves too, so one could not possibly see all of the new creations.
The cave artist took some satisfaction in seeing the few fresh footprints in the dirt of the cave, for this was a sign that some had come to view the artistic stylings. And while this provided some sense of joy, the cave artist would often wonder why so little feedback was left behind. This was cause for frustration from time to time, but eventually the cave artist would learn that this is the way things were. And while that inner desire for others to see what was being created never completely went away, nor the wanting of comments and feedback, the artist could always rely on the joys that were received from the creative process itself.