if we wanna get deep about it, i could say my entire sense of self-worth is tied up with the things i create, so im kinda stuck here.
i couldnt imagine not creating art in some shape or form - sometimes im all off visual art for a while, and flip into writing mode, or i flip from prose to poetry and vice versa, which can be frustrating, but theres always something i wanna make. im even dabbling in podcasts right now, which is super fun. its just evolved play - when im making, im investigating, getting hands on with the subject matter.
at gcse art, they taught us that when you look at an artist, 'transcribe, then respond.' copy, then spin off. ive really absorbed that method of working, so i do it with everything i get obsessed with - with narrative arts, the copy is fanart, fanfic, analysis (the fun bit imo), the spinoff is taking the practices and quirks ive learnt into a comic, a story, a poem. you eat knowledge, then shit it back out.
basically, consuming art makes making art unavoidable.