What is programming?

So I'm going to try *once again* to get this blog going. I have vision of getting my own business one day and this is a great place to put pen to paper... or ... finger to key? and put some fresh thoughts out... This one is simple, but abstract! What is programming? At it's core... I like to describe it like this: As a human, i consume food which in one way or another, was grown by sunlight from our star. So I have potential energy (from a star!) than I dispense.. turn into kinetic energy.. with (hopefully) precision onto a keypad attached to a computer. This computer then receives my kinetic energy and turns it into specifically designed gates (back to potential), such that another human can come along, dispense their potential (star) energy on a range of different hardware, and due to my energy gates, they receive some benefit (order complete, recorded video, etc). I know this is 'way out there' but just because it sounds silly doesn't make it any less true. I think if more people thought on a larger scale, widened their perspective a bit, we'd all be better off :)