sophocleese, I think we're on the same wavelength, here. as I read the quote, it could apply to a clerk, accountant, or grocery checker, pretty much anyone who has problem solving at their job, or who finds creative expression in their off time, even if it's in checkers.

I like the quote, because it reminds me that be open to creativity is the thing that makes me feel life. I sing in a professional opera chorus, and we can phone in a performance as if it were assembly line work, and it can be as lifeless as my answering machine's digital voice, but that's not really art. It's the presence in the creative flow, which I can also apply to answering telephones at the day job.

Mimosa