that we’re that crazy ourselves and we are that self-
destructive.
Really?
Whatever God’s dream about man may be, it seems
certain it cannot come true unless man cooperates.
STELLA TERRILL MANNYes. As blocked creatives, we are willing to go to almost
any lengths to remain blocked. As frightening and abusive
as life with a crazymaker is, we find it far less threatening
than the challenge of a creative life of our own. What would
happen then? What would we be like? Very often, we fear
that if we let ourselves be creative, we will become
crazymakers ourselves and abuse those around us. Using
this fear as our excuse, we continue to allow others to abuse
us.
If you are involved now with a crazymaker, it is very
important that you admit this fact. Admit that you are being
used—and admit that you are using your own abuser. Your
crazymaker is a block you chose yourself, to deter you from
your own trajectory. As much as you are being exploited by
your crazymaker, you, too, are using that person to block
your creative flow.
If you are involved in a tortured tango with a crazymaker,
stop dancing to his/her tune. Pick up a book on