Wednesday 22/11/2006

Romancing The Muse

There is this talk about the muse
as if it were some invisible
mythic creature
from tales of ancient Greek.
All these old characters are
archetype though,
allegory, metaphor for the real world.
That's why these enduring images
have been invoked by
poets, artist, philosophers
psychologist, scientist.
writers and thinkers of all persuasions
for 2 thousand plus years.

The muse, you see
is an actual living breathing person.
Someone you meet that
has a certain
inexplicably proufoundly deep
effect on you
knowingly or unknowingly,
eliciting certain feelings
reactions, ideas,
inspiring new depths
of creative energy
that can become catalyst for
your most powerful work.

It's always about the human condition
what drives us upward and
what drags us down.

The problem with romancing the muse
though, is that just like the
classic mythic type,
with the human type
your muse is rarely just for you
and that same muse that inspires
you, also inspires others.

This generally means
that the muse inspiring you
is usually inspiring at least
5 other guys a well,
and who's strong enough
for that?

It's all there
nothing new
under the sky
beneath the setting sun..