And with that child, great change comes into the family unit. All creative acts give birth to change of some type, and change requires response to new realities. Change will be viewed by most people as either a threat or an opportunity. That is because the new realities brought about by change often challenge our comfort zones and literally forces us to deal with a new set of circumstances. When it comes to the creative arts, therefore, it is probably the compelling nature of the changes that creative arts cause, which produces discomfort.
True artists have the somewhat irritating compulsion to challenge the status quo.
They often want to see change take place. Poetic Reality Creative people are, by their nature and giftedness, born to explore. The creative artist uses the arts as his medium for exploration. And, if he is an honest artist, the goal of his search is truth. Take the poet, for example.