been thinking about relationship between 'creation' and 'discovery'

creating means turning nothing into something. discovery means chipping away to find that which already exists. but creation is itself an act of discovery, and vice versa

its like that one question, did humans discover math or invent it? both?

it’s telling how many artists relate to creativity as something closer to discovery or divination. one favorite example is writer Benjamin Labatut describing writing as walking and picking stuff up off the ground