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What's a Muse?
What is a Muse? Originally, this meant to signify and goddess or power presiding over art or something that moves an artist. According to Hollywood, "Muse" : she is a batty, blonde chick with a predilection for Tiffany's jewelry  I actually knew one very smart girl who claimed to be a "muse" and had a circle of men around her (photographers, writers, filmakers) who supported that claim. But why a muse have to be a young woman?? So could it be a cute guy with rippling muscles and an 8 inch )? Do models have muses? What are they? When was the last time you had a visit from one? Have you ever looked for one? Jun 12 05 02:06 pm Link Muses.....they come in all shapes and sizes...and they are in both sexes.....It's not the physical attration of this muse, but how they bring out the creativity in the indiviual. It could be as simple as your muse making an statement of what you are doing at that time or a simple sujection of " Let's try this". I have found my Muses in average people on the street to a model that makes my desire to shoot them for 16hours straight and find the beauty in the first shot and watch it last unil I am out of film or in this digital age....ooops full memory. So there is not one form of Muse and if you think they are only Greek Myth....just look at the person you last shot with....there you'll find your Muse. Jun 12 05 02:15 pm Link 16 hours straight-Glad to see im not the only crazy guy out there!! (:---- Jun 12 05 02:24 pm Link Muse...the male version of a Fuse *g* I'm bored again. Jun 12 05 02:27 pm Link Posted by vlad voloshin: i am always..constantly... looking for a muse.. Jun 12 05 02:33 pm Link muses are difficult cause they cannot be bought sold or processed, and they do not want to buy sell or process anything but the ephemeral hay that comes out of the tower of the artists mind...and that they want to spin into gold. brownie points for those who get both allusions there...and perhaps a visit from your local muse. lol. Jun 12 05 03:05 pm Link Lapis wrote: "they cannot be bought sold or processed, and they do not want to buy sell or process anything but the ephemeral hay that comes out of the tower of the artists mind...and that they want to spin into gold." Wait i thought Muses supply emphemeral hay and then the artist supposed to spin it into gold )Jun 12 05 03:10 pm Link Mr. Webster's definition is... Muse n [ME, fr MF, fr L Musa, fr Gk Mousa] (14c) 1. any of the nine sister goddesses in Greek mythology presiding over song and poetry and the arts and sciences. 2. a source of inspiration, a guiding genius. A muse in the second part of that defination can be found almost anywhere. Rumplestilskin asked the princess to turn hay into gold using a spinner. Do I get half a brownie point? Jun 12 05 06:24 pm Link Jun 13 05 03:03 am Link what is amuse? to cause laughter or mirth is to amuse, to relieve bordom and alleviate the fatigue of everyday life used in a phrase? _______ used her ________ and _____________ with her friend __________ who I always thought was ____________ while standing on a ____________ and __________ dixie, I thought that while it was _____________ they were very ____________ and all in all it was very a muse ing Jun 13 05 03:11 am Link Humans claiming to be muses are impostors ... Jun 13 05 07:53 am Link yes, because those immortal ephemeral muses are much more real. Usually when people label themselves anything it is not as well taken as people who are labelled things by others, and people who toot their own horn in any way are often imposters or at least dilettantes. However, I believe that there are muses who are human. Jun 13 05 02:14 pm Link no kidding that there ar human muses you can make up a huge list Galya Dali/former Ms Elluard, Lilya Bric (for a bunch of Russian poets, artists), Weston was obsessing over several such muses over his lifetime, G. O'Keeffe was Stieglitz's muse , Lee Miller for Man Ray, the list goes on and on Jun 13 05 04:25 pm Link the best muses were Salma Hyekk and Jason Lee in Kevin Smith's Dogma! "Artist? Elvis was an artist, you're just a schmuck" ha ha Jun 13 05 04:43 pm Link they are an inspiration to drive forward ideas and visions in one`s artistic mind and be able to realize them as we (photographer`s) do in any media we use.....(male or female) they make the impossible real sometimes and do it at a beckon call, which comes from the heart and don`t have a gun held against their heads, their magic is something that is`nt planned it just happens......they are like a rare flower that only grows at high altitude's, but don`t hold your breath.....they don`t come round everyday Tom Jun 13 05 04:48 pm Link Posted by Pinky: 2. a source of inspiration, a guiding genius. Jun 13 05 05:06 pm Link Personally I think a muse can be a male as well. I have been inspired by several men in my life. Jun 14 05 07:14 am Link Posted by Alexandra Paris: All the men I've been around have inspired me to be single and stay single... Jun 15 05 03:54 pm Link A muse is a person (usually considered an "attractive" female), who inspires an artist to create his/her art, often at a level that the artist could not otherwise create. John Jun 15 05 11:02 pm Link Posted by Reese: Sorry to hear that. But mostly I was talking about men like my dad, my husband and my brother. Ex-boyfriends are excluded from that. Jun 15 05 11:31 pm Link Posted by Reese: Posted by Alexandra Paris: All the men I've been around have inspired me to be single and stay single... I love it! Jun 16 05 12:51 am Link |
