I wasn't sure if we were dealing with a rhetorical question or not, so I had to read the entire post to be sure. An amateur would say that we are just taking photos, but an artist knows that he is creating! The beauty that I see in your creations is extraordinary, and @sardrt can testify to the many compliments that I never tire of giving to your work. You have expressed something immensely important that I can understand only because I too am a musical artist and poet; so although I barely know how to snap a photo... I do know what it means to create!