So yeah, here’s the dealio.  I have been unable to write full posts in quite some time.  I’ve started a couple with what I thought were very good ideas and yet when I sit down write and……nothing.  Nadda, zilch, no writing for you!  I’m not quite sure what the problem is to be completely honest.  I have ideas, I think them through, all seems well with the world, but it is the actual process of the writing that seems to have me stumped.  My friends, the ink well is full but the quill is broken.  By the way, if anyone has seen “The Prestige” before, it is a very odd movie.  I had no idea that magicians were such a vindictive bunch.  It’s on USA at the moment but I’m not sure if I like it or not.  I digress, let us dive into the world of the muse.

I give it 3 out of 5.

Muse, according to the great knowledge bag of Wikipedia, are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon……wait….sorry my bad.  Though that being said, Muse is an incredible band who I love a lot.  I typically am not impressed by an entire album but “The Resistance” is one of the greatest albums all the way through that I’ve ever heard.  It’s really REALLY good and in my humble opinion, the best Muse album to date.  Their style is unique, their lyrics are well written and cool to hear, and overall they’re very good.  From what I’ve heard their concerts are a life experience that all should attend once.

I feel like I got a bit off track there.  The “actual” Muses were nine (or three depending on what your read) goddesses in Greek mythology who inspired man to create the arts, literature, MUSic and such that we all see in the MUSEums.  Got to love those word roots.  Anyway, since this is Greek mythology, there are many different versions as to where they came from or who their parents are, but their abilities are rather universal.  Many of the greatest artistic minds throughout history have given credit or reference to the Muses.  Homer, Shakespeare,  among others have invoked their divine powers to create some of the world’s classic tales.  Though they may very well be simple works of imagination to explain where our creativity comes from, the Muses have shaped the world as we know it today.  As Dante Alighieri put it so well in his classic The Inferno, “O Muses, O high genius, aid me now!  O memory that engraved the things I saw,  Here shall your worth be manifest to all!”

Perhaps with this dedicated post, I will be graced with numerous ideas and the words necessary to properly convey them.  So oh great Muses, please either fix the pen or find me a muse of my own.  With that said, I leave you with a final thought.  How ironic is this post?

They're some special ladies.

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