Sublime

Writers speak of the role of the muse. They acknowledge that there is something that, as it were, moves them, moves through them, and fires their imagination. Without inspiration, their art feels flat, fixed, lifeless—no matter how fine their technical competence.

Artists have invoked the Muse since time immemorial. There is great wisdom to this. There is magic to effacing our human arrogance and humbly entreating help from a source we cannot see, hear, touch, or smell. Here’s the start of Homer’s Odyssey, the T. E. Lawrence translation: O Divine Poesy, goddess, daughter of Zeus, sustain for me this song of

Artists have invoked the Muse since time immemorial. There is great wisdom to this. There is magic to effacing our human arrogance and humbly entreating help from a source we cannot see, hear, touch, or smell. Here’s the start of Homer’s Odyssey, the T. E. Lawrence translation: O Divine Poesy, goddess, daughter of Zeus, sustain for me this song of

some people’s muses than others: interaction, movement, nature, and contemplation. The trick is to find out what your muse loves the most and set the stage for her to enter.