Bseed,

One of my mentors in the field of helping others led me to the works of Otto Rank. He wrote a book called "Art and Artist" that I would recommend to any creative person. I found this quote that describes some of Rank's views. "Since culture is itself a poiesis, all of its participants are poietai--inventors, makers, artists, storytellers, mythologists. They are not, however, makers of actualities, but makers of possibilities. The creativity of culture has no outcome, no conclusion. It does not result in art works, artifacts, products. Creativity is a continuity that engenders itself in others. 'Artists do not create objects, but create by way of objects.' (Rank) --James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games, 1986

The Artist would create even if there was no one else to view the creation. How many songwriters are there who have kept their music to themselves for their entire lifetime?

Roger in Baltimore