{"id":149,"date":"2015-01-21T10:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T10:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redonkmarketing.com\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2015-07-16T20:54:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T20:54:35","slug":"musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redonkmarketing.com\/blog\/musings\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A muse is a force personified as a woman who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. I&#8217;ve always thought it would be awesome to be a muse\u2014I could be like, \u201cSo, yeah. That song on the radio? It was totally inspired by me.\u201d Some day.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few famous muses throughout history include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The O.G. nine Greek mythology muses. (Their Pops, Zeus, must&#8217;ve been proud.)<\/li>\n<li>Pattie Body was George Harrison\u2019s muse. (<a href=\"http:\/\/thecurvature.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/george-harrison.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">I &lt;3 George<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<li>Van Gogh found his muse in the city of Arles.<\/li>\n<li>Steve Spielberg deemed sci-fi master\u00a0Ray Bradbury as his career muse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The other day I listened to a Radiolab <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/story\/117294-me-myself-and-muse\/\" target=\"_blank\">podcast about muses<\/a> and it got me pondering.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never really thought about a muse as anything other than a source of inspiration, especially never in the form of a creative deterrent. But, the artist and the muse don&#8217;t always get along. It can be, and often is, a tumultuous relationship.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"highlight\"> But the fact is, she [the muse] won&#8217;t be unmoved. She alights when it damn well pleases her. She falls in love with one artist, then deserts him for another. She&#8217;s a real bitch!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><footer><cite>&ndash;Erica Jong, Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life<\/cite><\/footer><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Wrangling the muse<\/h2>\n<p>In the podcast, I love how Elizabeth Gilbert (author of <em>Eat. Pray. Love<\/em>.) describes her muse as \u201cit.\u201d Seeing \u201cit\u201d as such allows Gilbert to distance herself from it. She can fight with it, negotiate with it, talk to it and\u2014most importantly\u2014 walk away from it when she needs to. She sets terms and boundaries with her muse. But she has learned to respect, love and honor her muse and interact intimately to create great work.<\/p>\n<p>Wow. Do I <em>really<\/em> want to be a muse? The more I ponder it, I think I&#8217;m gonna pass.<\/p>\n<p>Unless Ray Lamontagne appears to me in a dream and wants to chat about some lyrics, in which case all bets are off. Until then, I&#8217;ll channel that inspiration into some damn good wireframes that&#8217;ll be sure to inspire some amazing feats of design.<\/p>\n<p>What about you? What&#8217;s your source of inspiration? How do you interact with it?\u00a0Tweet us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redonkmarketing\" target=\"_blank\">@redonkmarketing<\/a> #muse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A muse is a force personified as a woman who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. I&#8217;ve always thought it would be awesome to be a muse\u2014I could be like, \u201cSo, yeah. That song on the radio? It was totally inspired by me.\u201d Some day. 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