"The Bitch" & "The Artist's Way" juxtaposition......hmm!

found this in Ingniting the Soulfire: Spiritual Dimensions of the Bach Flower Remedies: According to Cameron, crazy-makers 'are those personalities that create storm centres'. Among their behavioural characteristics, she includes their ability to break deals and destroy schedules, discount your reality, spending your time and money in the process. Furthermore, crazy-makers expect special treatment and they are expert blamers who hate order. These individuals are so clever and believable that their appearance into our lives ultimately sets up an internal dialog that blocks our ability to move forward. (also checked out Negotiation: Communication for Diverse Settings: The tactics of this group of difficult people lead others to ask, "Am I crazy? This doesn't seem resonable. I feel pressured to do something I know isn't right." Crazymakers create anxiety and manipulate situations to achieve their goals.)

calcifies us to openness, hope, creativity and ... wait it for .... change (i love this)

i think it describes perfectly the times we're in: folks feel paralyzed, hope is calcified. we have plenty of crazy-makers... we don't need more.

OTHO, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards teaches folks how to unlock their creativity by teaching them techniques (upside-down drawings) to learn how to draw. that book helped me realize that i might not ever be a great artist, but i can draw! she moved drawing from an exclusive activity (having the right genes to draw) to inclusive (anyone can draw).

i see Obama taking (at least) two approaches: {1} decalcifying & {2} igniting? not redrawing but drawing the political map "upside-down". getting folks to vote for the first time in their lives — hope is a vote!

together i think they create what poet Galway Kinnell's calls a syzygial amplexus in The Cellist (from his book of poems called Imperfect Thirst).