The actual act of design is an occurrence of creation which takes no effort at all but arises from the completed process . In other words, the form of the process is not the form of the act, because the process takes effort and the act just happens. In order to better explain this occurrence of the act of design, we can look to three specific examples of great minds speaking to this point. They are the earth in one of its manifest operations. All real human effort takes place in the realm of reflection, that is where people develop and change, whereas action and experience are actually effortless.
Action is a manifest operation of experience.
To Dewey, the act of making art is likewise a manifest operation of experience, as is the act of designing. The actual designing of a thing happens because the designer reflects on experience. It is here that we come to an important point. That reflection is relevant in so much as it allows for the action, for creation to occur. The designer does not have to try to design.