Tag: muse

  • Art, The Muse and Beholding The Other…

    The Muse then is that most terrified of all the virgins. She starts if she hears a sound, pales if you ask her questions, spins and vanishes if you disturb her dress. We might start off by paraphrasing Oscar Wilde’s poem, substituting the world “Art” for “Love.” Art will fly if held too lightly. Art…

  • The Muse, Mystery and Grace…

    “It isn’t easy. Nobody has ever done it consistently. Those who try hardest, scare it off into the woods. Those who turn their backs and saunter along, whistling softly between their teeth, hear it treading quietly behind them, lured by a carefully acquired disdain. We are speaking, of course, of The Muse.” –Ray Bradbury, Zen…

  • Brainstorming

    Brainstorming

    Corporations brainstorm to uncover new ideas. They even take employees on retreats and oftentimes pay psychologists and artist incredible amounts of money to stimulate and present ways in which employees can think out of the box. Why then do writers and authors not give ourselves more time to daydream and brainstorm into planning our stories?