Intellectual pleasure and physical creation and craftsmanship are not the same thing. The number of people who read novels greatly exceeds the number who create them. The number of people who wear clothes greatly exceeds the number of people who know how to design and sew them.
There is an aspect of every craft that is simply hard work, no matter how much you enjoy some aspects of the process and, if it goes well... the final result.
One of my friends who is a painter, quite a good one, said, "The general public has no idea how many paintings you have to throw out before you finish one that works."
Musicians understand how many hours of practice it takes in order to play well. Ten years of violin practice and you are still essentially a beginner.
There is an aspect of every craft that is simply hard work, no matter how much you enjoy some aspects of the process and, if it goes well... the final result.
One of my friends who is a painter, quite a good one, said, "The general public has no idea how many paintings you have to throw out before you finish one that works."
Musicians understand how many hours of practice it takes in order to play well. Ten years of violin practice and you are still essentially a beginner.