Use, lose, choose and abuse your muse.
Do you? Any of the above, I mean.
It’s taken me a long time, years really, to acknowledge this muse thing. I don’t have one, I’d think. Ideas simply come to me. I think them up. That’s it, that’s all.
Do you? Have one, I mean.
Some people talk to them, deem them male or female, name them, feed them crumpets and tea. I’ve always felt a little left out. All this fancy literary speak and writer talk; way over my head, I’d think.
And then I looked up muse.
Muse
/myooz/
Verb
To be absorbed in thought
An instance or period of reflection
Meditate – ponder – contemplate – ruminate – think
Muse
/myooz/
Noun
A circumstance, person, place or thing, which poses an effect, positive or negative, and as such, leads to a creative work
It seems I haven’t been left out at all.
Have you? Paid attention, I mean.


