I like my work.

[Lionmonkey]

The first thing, I've created, which I can remember was an unfinished book about a person who got killed and is a ghost and uses his ghostly powers to steal food and about police detectives who were chasing after him for stealing food. I've started it at the age of 8, but after about half of a year admitted to myself that that thing was too dumb or at least had too many plotholes.

Anyway, from about that time, till now, I feel strangely attracted to any stuff, I create. It always seems to be like a creation of a god, a masterpiece. And always, whenever I remember about any of my creation, I feel an urge to watch/listen/read it again. And again after that. I once spent about 6 hours watching my videos one by one, over and over, stopping and replaying the best bits. What is this? Discuss...

[Nacho]

I once spent about 6 hours watching my videos one by one, over and over, stopping and replaying the best bits. What is this? Discuss...

Egocentrism? 

[Oliwerko]

Same by me, pal!

I keep listening to my music over and over again.
Why do we do this? I think that if you create something, it is sooo much to your taste that nothing can be more to your taste. Nothing someone else created. It's your work, and you see the work behind it when you read/watch/listen to it. You enjoyed the creation, and thus you enjoy the replaying. No one can serve you a thing that is more to your taste than you can, that's for sure!

[Makeout Patrol]

I guess I like to look at the comics and stuff that I drew when I was young, but that's more in a "what the fuck was I thinking" sort of way. Maybe I'll enjoy the game that I'm finishing off right now someday, but right now I've probably played through it a couple hundred times since June and I am pretty much sick of it.

[Babar]

I like going through stuff I did as a kid, and having a laugh, but it's not something I'd do continuously on a loop.

It's been a while since I played any of the games I made/listened to some radio skits I did/watched videos I made, but it's not a problem- I'm satisfied that they're awesome . I just show them off when I realise I have a chance.

[InCreator]

Why do we do this? I think that if you create something, it is sooo much to your taste that nothing can be more to your taste. Nothing someone else created. It's your work, and you see the work behind it when you read/watch/listen to it. You enjoyed the creation, and thus you enjoy the replaying. No one can serve you a thing that is more to your taste than you can, that's for sure!

That's absolutely true.
But for me, the excitement goes away after awhile, and in a year or so, I'm close to hating my creations. I'm a perfectionist, and old work describes era when I was much less experienced, not so good. So, over time, old creations feel so broken and amateurish... that I almost want that I never made them.

[Evil]

I'm a musician, and am often unhappy with my work. I'll work on a project for a long time, listen to it late in the night and think it's great. The next day I hate it and never listen to that recording, or even play it again. Then people will ask to hear my work, and I'll play a song I hate and realize it's fucking great. There are songs that I've written that I hated and now love and am totally happy with.

It could be ego centrism, but I think it's just that we're amazed at what we've accomplished.

[passer-by]

Egocentrism, maybe, but it is also something more.

When you work on something, you are familiar with every step of its creation. You know every bit of it. It is on your mind, you are over-familiar with it, if I may say. You know how the parts fit, what is behind every tiny bit of your work, what may be missing. Every bit. But you have not yet perceived it as a complete whole, a self-standing work.

I spent years writing some kind of text. Every word was familiar, I knew every twist. But when I read it as a whole I'm still surprised it actually is a complete story. It's not the same. I somehow don't recognize it. Oh, well, I recognize every word, but when read as a body of text it feels like written by a stranger. I'm not sure I can explain it exactly.

[ManicMatt]

Ah yes, I'd love to give my latest music album I created to myself from five years ago, and be that Matt 5 years ago and hear the music with a fresh perspective. Imagine playing your own adventure game with no memory of making it other than knowing it was you who made it?