Sometimes, fans miss the point.

I have heard artist Austin Kleon point this out too.

Wannabe artists and writers claim inspiration and then are more interested in your tools than putting in the work themselves.

Is there even a correct answer to the perfect pen and notebook question?

It is baffling.

But, in reality, is probably nothing more than preferring to talk about art, rather than make art.

John Steinbeck had the same issue.

I have found many Readers more interested in what I wear than in what I think, more avid to know how I do it than in what I do.

-John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley In Search Of America