clavus

Steven King describes his muse as a little guy with a crew-cut and overalls who takes a dump on his head.

Some people say that their muse is their spouse or child.

Me, my muse is sort of like the creature from Alien. I get an idea. It grows and forms inside, often just on the periphery of my perception. Then when I’m right in the middle of something, it explodes out of me. I need to stop whatever it is that I am doing and WRITE (or draw). I have no choice in the matter.

Tell us about YOUR muse

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Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

Strange Famous

mine is my ghost

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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."

The Gospel of Thomas

World's King

Mine comes to me in liquid form.

Mainly in the form if Lone Star (Pure. Texan. Beer.). I get more ideas when I'm half cocked. It's like people that smoke weed to write music. I drink beer to write really crappy articles. Makes sense?

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heavy is the head that wears the crown

:::OshnSoul:::

I'd say a huge ocean wave crashing down on me- or a ssurge through my body with plenty of adrenaline.....depending on the epiphany I get and my situation.

Prince

Women.

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Who is John Galt?

Giant Hamburger

Spiders, definitely spiders and they lay their eggs deep inside my brain. At anytime day or night the egg sac might burst and the babies run free. Some I smash, some I eat, some I cram into my pocket for later, some I have long-winded philosophical discussions with over coffee for hours.

analog

Random, regular life.

I'll see or hear something, and it'll trigger my head... and then I just start pouring words out of my fingertips.

ARTelevision

no muse here

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create evolution

KellyC

Yep. same here.
though, sometimes, when I'm alone and it's absolutely quiet, the shits come to me.

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Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe?
Me: Shit happens.

Macheath

The night. Especially 9pm-11pm.

Walking down a dark street on the way home or just out for fresh air. A cat runs along the fence, a streetlight flickers and the ideas come.

yakimushi

Off having a hell of a lot more fun than I am.

Artists block since May 2003.

QuasiMojo

i thought I had a muse meant forever...

she filled me with bright ideas
and shining examples
showed me paths
in which to go.

then she left me a dried husk when th' goin' got tough.
the souless bitch...probably high-tailed it back into the ether from which she came.
(i'm sorry moonpie!!! i didn't mean it. please come back.)

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AzAbOv ZoBeLoE

sadistikdreams

My muse... Well I guess my muse is people. And people I've known. And my inspiration is to be as good as my peers. I know for an absolute fact that art is subjective, but its still a competition in my head. I can never ever get that out of my mind. But back to my muse... If I were to peg it on one specific thing, itd have to be the stars... Each star is essentually a sun, like our own. This sun might possibly have a system of planets, as big if not bigger than my own. That's how I think the mind must work, also how ideas work. You get the idea, and it develops as you think about it.

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"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."
-Lin Yutang

hearts, by d.a.

Lasereth

I've honestly never heard of the word muse in my entire life. Oh well, off to www.dictionary.com !

-Lasereth

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"A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

KirStang

Mine is a string, like that on a violin. When all is well, it stays silent, and does not vibrate...But when things start to go bad, and my world starts to shake, then it starts shaking with it, producing tunes, and forcing me to write and write and pour it all out in to my journal....

I think that's my muse?

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WarWagon

A dark, eerily quiet night with a cool breeze and an overlook, seeing lights sparsely scattered in the distance.

qtpye4u84

I dont think I have one lol

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The QTpie

Fly

this is it.

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BASTARD

SterlingStudios

bundy

mountains.
huge mountains.
all i want to do is climb them.
get get up, to taste that adrenaline in the back of my throat, in my head, in my legs and in my heart.

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Ohayo!!!

skier

My muse is like a tide. I feel it swell inside me and for a few hours all I can do I draw or paint and then a few hours later It sweeps away and I'm finished for a bit. But like a tide it is regular and I know it'll be back, and I get excited thinking about it

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"Asking a bomb squad if an old bomb is still "real" is not the best thing to do if you want to save it." - denim

NoLa

Nature

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Through the warmest cord of care
your love was sent to me
I'm not sure what to do with it
or where to put it

theguyondacouch

Depression.
I realize that is a horrible muse, but whenever I am depressed, I write the most incredible shit. Thankfully I haven't written anything in a couple months

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"Lick my frozen metal ass!"

Slayer

muse?......

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"the key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering"

GuttersnipeXL

Any version of "Eyes of the World".

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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. HST

manalone

It's a microsoft Intellipoint Optical US...
Oh, *muse*

I find silence and solitude draw my creativity.

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Man Alone
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

OFKU0

Thundering silence.

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" In Canada, you can tell the most blatant lie in a calm voice, and people will believe you over someone who's a little passionate about the truth." David Warren, Western Standard.

QuasiMojo

The hardwood deck of a boat
and it's
midnight.
full moon
reflection on the calm water.
stars go on
forever.

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AzAbOv ZoBeLoE

hunnychile

My muse changes from chakra to charka....but is always available and usually much more aware than I am.

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"I need compassion, understanding and chocolate." - NJB