Muse(s)
Xanadu – Olivia Newton John |
My daughter is in Girl Scouts and has just started on a “Journey” badge. This particular one is called AMuse, and the purpose is to discover the roles she currently has and what roles are possible in her future. A good exercise in dreaming, thinking, and stretching outside the box. The title is a play on words I think, as in amuse (they will be playacting some) and it was explained that a “muse” is something/someone that inspires you.
It got me thinking, what or who is my “muse”? What inspires me? Where do I turn when the ideas aren’t there? When I first started writing it was always “when inspiration hit”. That was easy. Then a friend asked me to join a critique group (thanks Donna!), and I decided to get serious. My writing took on a whole new dimension in my life. I try to write something daily (at least get a blog post out). I wonder though about inspiration, if I am disciplined in writing, does that mean a “muse” isn’t needed? I think it is. I just need to decide what it is.
What do you do?
I treat writing like a job, so that means whether I feel like it or not, I write. I am my muse! 🙂
Inspiration hits at the strangest times…or not!
I usually find I have days when I can't think of anything but it is true that if you wrote something every day then it helps you focus and write better.
Girl Scouts sure have changed from my day…and AMuse badge…I think we had dull stuff like 'Homemakers'.
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Re: your post. My oldest daughter (8) just loved Girl Scouts and we were so disappointed when we moved and were unable to join a troop here. 🙂
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