Creatives Need Support by Connie Kottman     Everyone is creative in some way. Yet some people are recognized for special creative abilities from an early age. The visual arts, music, writing, design and performance, are just a few of the disciplines that continue to transform our world daily. Creatives bring the gift of new perspectives to the world, often challenging the status quo in large ways through their works, and in even small ways through the way they dress. Some creatives, rather than challenging society, simply call the rest of us to notice things that most people take for granted. Their paintings, their music, their words, shout, “Look here! Pay attention to this! Don’t forget, people. Be mindful.”   Creative people are indeed sensitive souls. Our sensitivity is what gives us our heightened awareness of the world around us, and enables us to interpret shared experiences in new, previously unimagined ways. It can also make us seem self-absorbed, anxious or distracted. Or even baffling. All creatives are driven to create. We may credit different sources of our drive or inspiration, or not know where it comes from, but generally we acknowledge there is a source that feeds our creativity beyond our own conscious mind. Creatives often go into a zone where, while we are creating, time seems to stop. Sometimes these moments of epiphany are few and far between, and we have to discipline ourselves to keep creating through the less inspired moments. We may become moody during these times.   Creatives...