tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837516.post-1166570990833320762006-12-19T17:29:00.000-06:002006-12-19T17:29:50.836-06:00Wednesday 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..POETICUS MUNDIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17602559936476616574noreply@blogger.com