Question! Does an artist need a muse???

  • Robert Gardiner
    18 years ago

    Here’s the question, can an artist be an artist without a muse. I think this is an interesting question, whether art can exist without muse. I personally, don’t know if it can, and would probably have to say no, it can’t, but what do you think. As poets, we are also artist, painting pictures not with a brush but with words, but do we need a muse to write, and for that matter, a painter a muse to paint?

    A muse is defined as, “the source of inspiration that stimulates an artist, especially a poet, and also as, a guiding spirit”, but do we need as such to create our artistry, or can an artist be an artist with muse???

  • xMODEL
    18 years ago

    Well, I personally think that a painter would need a muse to paint. My muse consists of many things... music(lyrics), other peoples depression, my own depression, some pictures trigger words that i then turn into a poem... And I find it really difficult to write without my muse. When I can't find my muse, is when I have writers block.

  • Timeless Hopeful
    18 years ago

    Yup....

  • Timeless Hopeful
    18 years ago

    Ummm...

    Aria: I think choosing a muse does not have to be a living entity, but it can be also intangible as well.

  • Eibutsina
    18 years ago

    Hmmm robert interesting interesting...at the moment my writing is completely stagnant I have no inspiration, but I used to...Im Museless - GREAT

    =Eirisa=

  • Robert Gardiner
    18 years ago

    ^Beyond, muse can be and is also be defined as "a poet; a bard" or "the gift or talent of an artist, especially a poet", so thusly you might have a point. From my research it seems Muse, Muses, has always been associated with poetry. There's always been a link between the two. One of the ealiest versions of Webster's (1913) list Muse as "a poet; a bard" as I stated earlier, and one of the ealiest definitions is this "One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences." This early inclination was often used in the plural. Muse is also "to ponder; to think closely; to study in silence", also "to wonder". The fact is, although it is not always tangible, "A Muse" is an outside entity, of which an artist draws on to create his art, in addition to and in congruence with the muse (the talent) within themselves, and apart from thier sheer natural creative ability. So the basic question here is, does an artist need more than just their sheer talent alone, to create their art, reach their artistic brillance. As I stated earlier, I think they do, yes!!!

  • xMODEL
    18 years ago

    Well. I myself am teaching myself how to draw&paint. And in order to do so.. I have to be in the "zone" Same as when I write. There's like.. that special place in my head where I go.. to be creative. All it takes is a few words, or a picture and creativity just spills out.. on the canvas, or lined paper.