I'm surrounded by Rush fans, and one of them just sent me these most a propos quotes from Neil Peart, courtesy of his blog.

During that process of putting it all together, it occurred to me that there are few activities more enjoyable than making things.

It is stimulating and satisfying to write stories, or play the drums, but most gratifying of all to me is creating a physical object: a book, a CD, a DVD.

So true...