I think you've got it in the last part. Basically, where someone throws themselves into creating something, rarely coming up for air. People often pay lip servi

I think you've got it in the last part. Basically, where someone throws themselves into creating something, rarely coming up for air. People often pay lip service to passion without ever explaining what they mean, but I think that's what it is - feeling driven to commit yourself wholly to working on something for periods of time, all else be damned, followed by rest periods where you're not creating much. As for the patrons, that's what a general release is for - to unveil it into the world and have the public shower patronage on you if they like it. I would say I tend to work on the artist schedule - fool around with things and do more communications-intensive tasks during the day, and at night after everyone's gone to sleep, 2-4 hour chunks of intense concentration in which I get more done than entire other days. I've never found a company that really let me do this, except one that let me come in late and get really productive after everyone's left. I've found it a much better fit.