As a creative, sometimes you need to protect the light.
Raw, early ideas are fragile. If you expose them to the world prematurely, the world will kill them — with judgment, criticism, and disbelief.
Your obligation as a creative is to protect the light until it's ready. So it doesn't die.
This is not an excuse to never ship your work — you must. Beat resistance. Complete the circle of craft.
But it does give you permission to understand that some ideas need protecting until they are ready. The distinction is honest: protection serves the work; hiding serves your fear.
Do the work in silence, on your own. Let the light get stronger and more vibrant.
Until one day, it's ready. And then it's time to ship.