tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630253734580356647.post3663798214210665012..comments2023-07-19T11:36:58.789+09:00Comments on Adventures in Navy Wifing: Musings about The Muse.Lori W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00977774459484130567noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630253734580356647.post-31861211207024601202008-10-25T09:18:00.000+09:002008-10-25T09:18:00.000+09:00I've heard artists (especially writers) refer to "...<B>I've heard artists (especially writers) refer to "waiting for the muse to show up". In other words, "I'll (create) when the muse gives me something to create." To me, this is a cop-out: I'll create when someone else gives me something to create. I'll create someone else's vision. I won't do any work until someone else does the hard part, which is coming up with something. On that same hand, it can also be crippling: I can't create until someone whispers the first few words into my ear. I can't take the first step unless someone holds my hand.</B><BR/><BR/>Amen to that. As you've told me to, here I am posting my thoughts on such a passive view of muses:<BR/><BR/>You can't just sit in your house waiting for the muse to show up. You have to go out into the street and drag her home by the hair.<BR/><BR/>If muses existed, which, let's face it, they don't, they would only respond to <I>writers making the first move</I>. I can't stand it when brooding emo writars are so passive as to think they can sit back and wait for inspiration to strike.<BR/><BR/>To get all new-agey on you, if you want God/the universe/fate to bless you with a kick-ass story, you have to give it something to bless! Start off with a little effort and it'll grow.<BR/><BR/>What some people call 'the muse' I say is just getting in the zone. The more you write, the more you <I>can</I> write. It's like flexing a muscle. Use it or lose it.<BR/><BR/><B>...she and I are on very similar wavelengths as both writers and psychos...</B><BR/><BR/>Hey!<BR/><BR/>Uh, wait...you're right, though.<BR/><BR/><B>I think a muse can also be...a ritual, an object, a state of mind...a "pre-writing" ritual, for example: Getting a cup of coffee, sitting at a certain table, putting on a certain CD, etc. While this doesn't result in ideas randomly pouring in on the voices of angels through the parted clouds, it *does* put an artist in the creating state of mind...</B><BR/><BR/>My thoughts exactly. As long as you (and by that I mean <I>I</I>) don't use various rituals as displacement activities, I think having a routine can prepare your brain in the sense of, "Right, okay. Gearing up to write now." Or should I say, "NAO."<BR/><BR/>Again, going back to the muscle analogy. It's a warm-up before the exercise begins.<BR/><BR/><B>...Talk to Ms Papercuts. Really. You should try it...</B><BR/><BR/>Oh, I do that all the time. Teh voicez in muh headz, they hound meh.<BR/><BR/><B>...my furry little muse...</B><BR/><BR/>Is that a euphemism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630253734580356647.post-71725852015511951972008-10-25T05:06:00.000+09:002008-10-25T05:06:00.000+09:00I haz tagged you for a meme.NAO BLOG! *hitlerface*...I haz tagged you for a meme.<BR/><BR/>NAO BLOG! *hitlerface*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630253734580356647.post-35921025715309959662008-10-25T04:24:00.000+09:002008-10-25T04:24:00.000+09:00I am going to hang my head in shame because #6 is ...I am going to hang my head in shame because #6 is where I draw most of my inspiration. Esp half conversations they just set my overactive imagination in orderFeralhousewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476670679308721757noreply@blogger.com