That is another good question. I have had two opportunities, in the context of the experience I have had, to deal with creative arts. In 1980, I took five months off to write a play. This experience was for me very important and very nerve-wracking, as you will understand. I finished the play, I had the opportunity to distribute it to theatres in the United States and Canada and I received very positive responses, but I decided to return to my job at the Ontario Arts Council.
I got my start in 1995, but in 2002, I was the librettist for a ballet of the National Ballet School, which was celebrating its fifth anniversary. The ballet was called The contract, and it was a full-length story ballet.
The ballet was performed in Ottawa and in New York, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as its run in Toronto.
For me, these two experiences were truly in the field of creative arts.