within. You will learn that it is actually easier to write than
not write, paint than not paint, and so forth. You will learn
to enjoy the process of being a creative channel and to
surrender your need to control the result. You will discover
the joy of practicing your creativity. The process, not the
product, will become your focus.
You own healing is the greatest message of hope for
others.

CRAZYMAKERS

A related thing creatives do to avoid being creative is to
involve themselves with crazymakers. Crazymakers are
those personalities that create storm centers. They are often
charismatic, frequently charming, highly inventive, and
powerfully persuasive. And, for the creative person in their
vicinity, they are enormously destructive. You know the
type: charismatic but out of control, long on problems and
short on solutions.
Crazymakers are the kind of people who can take over
your whole life. To fixer-uppers, they are irresistible: so
much to change, so many distractions....
If you are involved with a crazymaker, you probably
know it already, and you certainly recognize the thumbnail
description in the paragraph above. Crazymakers like
drama. If they can swing it, they are the star. Everyone