Tag: Muse
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The Elusive Muse
“Often the muse will not respond to direct and logical requests. She must be lured in with the playful and the gentle.” Jill Badonsky (from The Painter’s Keys) One of the most painful issues for anyone in the arts is the feeling that the muse has gone. All inspiration has dried up. The art is…
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Missing the Muse Point
“O! For a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” William Shakespeare (from The Painter’s Keys) Much has been written and will continue to be written on what the muse is or isn’t. Do all artists have one? Is it a person? A place? A thing? An idea? Many writers on…
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To Muse or Not to Muse
Opinions on whom and what is a muse abound. There are differing opinions on the origins of muse, though all accounts attribute the muse to the ancient Greeks. Some accounts say the muses are the nine daughters of Zeus. Others say the muses are the three daughters of Apollo. All accounts state the muse is…