Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Muse
We talk about the muse a lot in class, and are expected to conjurer it up in a matter of seconds. My own experiences I have never been able to really bring the muse to the page in class writing the exercises. The only thing that could come to mind were random stories that may unfold after seeing one random thing out the window. But recently being sleep deprived I started writing and I actually felt inspired for the first time and I believe I turned out some of my best writing. At the time at least being sleep deprived does tend to leave room for errors and mistakes, but the basis and the raw material was some of my best writing. But the fact is that it was sort of a revalation when the muse finally came over me and guided my fingers writing. thoughts coming to me and going onto the page in a matter of seconds. the fact that the thoughts were coming in so clear. I guess it really takes the experience to prove to some people that things really happen.
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I feel a kind of relief reading the first half of your blog. I have a tough time with muse. I like to write poetry, in my own way, and I have always just been able to put my thoughts straight to rhyming poetry without using any muse. I understand what muse is used for but I myself don't see a need for it myself. I like to write about my problems so when I have one I can just sit down and write in rhyming poetry without using any muse notes. So reading what you had said at the begining about not using the muse makes me feel better, like I'm not alone.
ReplyDeleteThis blog was inspiring to me because I don't feel like I am in touch with my muse. I kind of try and be poetic instead of really tapping into my muse. This was inspiring to my situation because I am going to take advantage of unlikely setting to see if that will allow me to embrace my muse.
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