Thread: Philosophical conundrum

Hi all,
Please allow me to wax a little philosophically... Well, I take it that if you keep reading you have indeed consented ...

I'm really just wondering what others think about the question of when an object made by us in a workshop is really "created". Perhaps it all depends on definitions, but I am a little perplexed by this question I have considered lately, of when exactly it is that we actually create something.

Not having done much designing for a while I had a mindset that the creation of something is the sum of all the work done - the drilling of individual holes, cutting of lengths, gluing etc. Then, after using a well known and free computer 3D design program recently to accurately design and render some projects, I realized that what I eventually finished building had, in many ways, already been created in my mind and embodied in the plans & working drawings I prepared before I had even started setting tools to wood and metal.

Even though I haven't answered my own question, it at least makes me realise the importance of making sure that I am happy with the form and appearance of my plan - proportions etc. Assuming of course that one sticks to the plan, but for a complex object (i.e. my last project involved compound angles) that is generally rather necessary.

I'm really only curious. I haven't got any ulterior motives for posting such a thread. I wonder about other things on occasions too such as who exactly gets the interest I pay from time to time on my credit card, etc. etc. ...