Keeping the monsters at bay.
Maybe that's the real motivation to keep creating, to keep beating your head against the wall over and over. Is that the only way to stay sane? I don’t know, but it sure seems like it. Most of my creative friends literally can’t do anything else or they would be committed or dead. The outcome doesn’t matter, just the work. Just the next fix. For me its the next great song or even sound, its finding another artist as crazy as me to build something insane. But you all know that monster is right around the corner, hiding in the shadows.