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Kathy Minicozzi's avatar

My muse is a little lazy. She only visits me willingly when she wants to. I have to poke her awake sometimes.

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Nalini Dovedy's avatar

Great writing.

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Lawrence Winnerman's avatar

I love this Walter! ❤️ My muse wants me to tell you that they are nonbinary, so that's what they're whispering to me at the moment. 😂😂

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Oh! My apologies to your muse! I'll go back and change that! Thank you!

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Beth L. Gainer's avatar

Walter, I really enjoyed this piece, which has so much truth in it. Besides being a writer, I am also a visual artist, who relies on flow in both disciplines to give myself a feeling of absolute freedom.

After much deliberation, I have come to the realization that I am my own muse; it comes from within. Also -- and people may disagree with me -- I don't believe in being inspired before sitting down to create. What I do is I start writing or start painting, and this act is the catalyst for inspiration. I wrote about this on my Substack here: https://bethlgainer.substack.com/p/wheres-my-muse

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Yes, I’m the same way. I sit down and create something. Sometimes it’s better than I expected it would be :)

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David Perlmutter's avatar

My muses spend so much time fighting evil and each other that I can't get them to sit down long enough to let me transcribe their recent adventures: https://davidperlmutter.substack.com/p/gabbin-with-the-girls

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