"He expressed his desire to help us in a substantive and creative way," the archbishop said.
And perhaps that's a good thing: any substantive and creative collective response to the weird, no matter how incoherent, is better than a fearful retreat to the normal.
"He has brought a lot of creative and substantive ideas to the table, and I'm eagerly waiting to see them come to fruition," he said.
On substantive issues of policy, Gingrich was often creative, thoughtful, and intellectually independent, capable of challenging the conventional wisdom of his own party.
"Unfortunately, Bryce's creative take on how to elevate substantive economic issues was undermined by personal blemishes".
In all the many interviews he has given recently, distracted by the need to engage with the substantive issue of why he is not currently the creative director of Yves Saint Laurent, Kanye West hasn't talked much about Yeezus.
We can never achieve substantive progress without our citizenry having access to accurate, diverse, challenging journalism, and creative, artistic entertainment media.
Whether it is outside directors, leverage or corporate focus, the creative use of fudges and loopholes such as asset revaluations that reduce debt ratios can minimise substantive change.
There are substantive issues.
