Credit: John Singer Sargent / Public domain The ancient writer Hesiod called upon them across the world as the nine muses: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Terpsichore, and Urania. The Muses began their lives as nymphs that manifested as whispers in the ears of those that invoked them. The daughters of Zeus and Mnemosine, they were the romantic companions of Apollo’s entourage of gods. Credit: Public DomainĪccording to ancient Greek mythology, the Muses are the sources of inspiration for all of the arts and of knowledge. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1910. This is a new perspective on inspiration, a system of wooing what we call The Muse to set your creative world alight.Marble sarcophagus with the contest between the Muses and the Sirens, 3rd quarter of 3rd century A.D. It makes it easier for us to harness this complex, universal force – leading to more creativity and those priceless flashes of insight and genius. In this light, the muse can act as a bridge between our mortal struggle and the universal consciousness (who knows what’s going on).Īnd by giving this magical, creative aspect a name and a personality, we can explore it more freely, without getting bogged down by the existential and philosophical intricacies and meanings. This is because is can be comforting to feel we can turn to a supportive life force that knows everything and sees everything and has all the answers – especially during the inevitable creative challenges. I believe it’s possible – and not even that difficult – to live in such a way that the muse is an ever-ready source of creativity, guidance and inspired intelligence in our daily lives.Įven though I believe this power is an aspect of ourselves – like our memory, imagination, optimism or consciousness – in The Muse Spa, we play with the idea of the muse as a separate personality. Imagine being able to tap into this power – on demand. Imagine being able to access our genius and universal intelligence – the all-knowing source of past, present and future. Imagine that – being able to summon inspiration at will. They are always there – and it is us who controls the access! Imagine armies of creative, brilliant, genius muses just sitting and waiting for us to craft our lives in such a way that allows them to reach us. I’ve learned that when this channel is open, life flows much more joyfully and effortlessly than when we are cut off from our genius, our inspiration – o ur muse.Īnd yet this source is ever-present and freely available! This is what I’ve experienced in my life and everywhere I turn I find more evidence that this could well be the case. So it’s the way we live that determines how often the channel is open – which would explain why some days our muse is so elusive. So, contrary to the idea that the muse comes and goes according to her fickle whim and fancy, could it be that the source of our inspiration is always there – it’s only our access to it, our connection, that falters?Īnd it’s the choices we make in all areas of our lives that affect this vital and powerful connection.Ĭertain daily actions, habits, emotions and beliefs help us to live and work more closely to this source, whereas others leave us cut off from it.
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