verb - to think about something in a careful slow way
verb - to say something in a way that shows that you have been thinking carefully about it
noun - someone or something that provides the enthusiasm and determination for an artist, poet, musician, etc. to create something artistic
noun - one of the nine ancient Greek and Roman goddesses who were believed to be in charge of particular arts and sciences
"We artists are often counted as awkward by people who know nothing of how it feels to have another spirit live within you - the muse... Even some artists don't understand us, the mused ones, as our muses have faces and clearly appear to us, while all they have is the inspiration and not the muse. But ancient people knew of them... They said muses were goddesses and ruled upon the arts... It is true. When a muse forms into your mind and splits your spirit in two, you are already seized by it, controlled by it, and so you are bound to serve it and create masterpieces... It is not just we who create muses. They create us too. They form us into who we are." [Tamuna Tsertsvadze, Denys Puech Le Muse 1888]
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