Finding Your Muse

Inspiration, a divine spark, stimulus, we all appreciate when that type of enlightenment strikes.

The ancient attributed these energies to the Muses, daughters of Zeus, the god who threw lightning bolts of power, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. The Muses were believed to inspire all artists, but especially those who worked with words: poets, musicians, playwrights, and philosophers, perhaps encouraging them to write their thoughts down.

Written words were not subjected to the vagaries of...