They are not supposed to. Thoughts are dead themselves - they can only come to life through emotions and fantasy. Uncle Samoa listened intensely. Creation is there all the time, waiting to be experienced by us, and waiting to be discovered all the time - on and on again. The deepest of our minds is creation and not thinking.
Life is creation.
Look at that marvellous tree. I do agree with you - there is nothing but creation. So let's join our hands and dance to my house. I expect a whole orchestra waiting for us there. Three people dancing in the forest, while the leaves make their ballet above our heads.