The Muse of Bumblehill has taken up her customary post ...

The Muse of Bumblehill has taken up her customary post on the studio couch again, and all is right with the world.

"When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete."    - Steven Pressfield (The War of Art)

Painting: Joel Stewart's illustration for "The Tinder Box" by Hans Christian Andersen. Photograph: the Muse at work.