A great series of 6 videos about the life and writing of Ursula le Guin.

A number of things interested me with this video series. The description of the journey being the thing that matters reinforces the idea of art as adventure. The path is made in the walking of it to quote Zhuang Zhi. The act of making your art is inseparable from the act of making yourself.

The path is made in the walking of it

Zuang Zhi

So whilst the author published goes on to be read by others the first reader is the author herself. She sees herself on the page, her own words as subjective objects. Her life reified.

The product is important but the process of making the product, the journey, is what matters.