Finally, astonishment matures when shared. Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work! (2014) encourages publishing process, not just polish—turning curiosity into community momentum. Ira Glass’s well-known “taste gap” advice reassures novices that early attempts may lag behind their standards, yet persistence bridges that gap.
Thus the loop closes: begin where you are, be astonished, make something, and then let others’ astonishment refine it. In this ongoing exchange, Cummings’ imperative becomes a practice—one that turns the nearness of the world into the next act of creation. [...]
