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I believe in living a holistic lifestyle where work, food, creativity, faith and leisure are all interconnected.

The mechanic has to use his imagination and creativity to troubleshoot that weird sound my car makes when I turn the wheel to the left, and the interior designer has to drudge through a few days of sewing pillows and hanging curtain rods.

I truly believe that baseball players can be as creative as anybody in any other profession.

That a ballplayer should play ball and not clutter his mind with frivolous activities that don't affect the game.

Just because I was good at baseball didn't mean that I would allow myself to sell out to the game at the expense of my other talents and attributes.

Their duty in the game might not always call for the most creativity or ingenuity, but seeing a 9 hole catcher with cement in his shoes lay down a perfect drag bunt for a base hit...that is as creative to me as my wife's perfect calligraphy.

That a ballplayer should play ball and not clutter his mind with frivolous activities that don't affect the game.

I like to believe that all people in all endeavors (paid and unpaid) have the ability to be creative...not just the "creative community".

Down the road from there, a firefighter might be looking at a mangled car imagining all the possibilities to get a young girl out safely.

Their duty in the game might not always call for the most creativity or ingenuity, but seeing a 9 hole catcher with cement in his shoes lay down a perfect drag bunt for a base hit...that is as creative to me as my wife's perfect calligraphy.

Being the "dumb jock" of the family, I made it a point to exercise my creativity in any and all outlets at my disposal.

This frustrates me.

Life (baseball life, particularly) is too short to pigeon-hole myself into what a stereotypical ballplayer has evolved into.

I'm learning how to cook (mostly gluten-free & paleo) and cultivate a garden (my succulent collection is getting pretty impressive).

For instance, in a crowded floor of cubicles on the 20someodd floor of a tall building downtown, there are accountants using all of the creativity God blessed them with to figure out my taxes (which must be filed in 17 states for 2014...what!?).

She, a letterpress printer and calligrapher, shares space alongside photographers, film directors, bloggers, graphic designers and comedy writers (see Aaron Chewning).

I began to write at an early age and picked up guitar, saxophone, clarinet and drums along the way.

His imagination and the execution of that creative mindset baffled hitters for the better part of 20 years, yet very few people would call baseball (even pitching) a creative occupation.

You could see the creativity in all of his pitch combinations and speed changes.

She, a letterpress printer and calligrapher, shares space alongside photographers, film directors, bloggers, graphic designers and comedy writers (see Aaron Chewning).