As a child, we explore the world. 

As we interact with it, we see our own actions have direct impacts within our local environment. As we grow, we seek what impact we want to make- whether it just be carving out our own little niche, or whether we want to have a broader effect within our surroundings.

Everything has a cost, even a simple drawing uses paper and graphite, and all the energy and resources required to harvest the materials, process them, and transport them. 

How do we make the consumption of materials worth the cost, not just the currency amount but the cost to nature or raw materials and everything else. 

Over time, I began to tie my creativity to my desire to make a positive impact. I didn't just want to create things that looked nice on the wall, but instead things that would help make a difference in people's lives and is actually justifiable to the natural cost to the world. My desire to create began to manifest as also a desire to show, to explain, to promote thought. 

Does that make it justifiable?
I don't know, maybe. 

Maybe it never fully is,
but at the very least approaches it.