You know Jill, in my culture (and among ppl of my generation and the previous ones) creativity was considered a nice hobby which was quickly frowned upon and thwarted the minute a child considered it as a career choice - I know because I had dreams of becoming a palentologist as a child (love dinosaurs!) as a child - no go - then all I wanted to do was study literature in college - no go - so I ended up with my degrees in Economics - well at least now I get to pursue what I want (dinosaurs, megalodons and what not -yay!!) through my writing😊