MY OWN MIND HAS BEEN WORKING ON SIMILAR LINES:  After the Hysteria Dies, What Rough Beast Slouches Towards Bethlehem To Be Born? The Answer Might Surprise You.

(BTW I love the way Richard’s paintings capture, in a highly evocative way that can’t be expressed in words “our national moment.  I’ve seen it time and again, and find it fascinating as someone who ALSO gets bossed round by a subconscious that doesn’t always share everything it knows.)