If I haven't said this lately, the name of this blog "Muse Meets Main" is the connection between the average person living in the "main" of things to the "muse" and inspiration. Sometimes inspiration is divine, sometimes it's at least mystical. Other times it can be a simple spur to take on a project or effort that comes from a need.
Feed your muse today by choosing to be inspired, to be affected by the world around you and then do something with the creative ideas bestowed on you. They're yours and no one else will make them happen.
I've been moved by my muse this week to start posting again. I feel like I should be writing more for myself and get over the whole writing burnout. If you don't know me, then you might not know I'm a newspaper reporter for a small town's 6-of-7 daily paper with the Monday edition dropped for financial reasons. But I like having Sunday's off, so no complaints.
That also means that my primary mode of communication is through writing, and some days that means up to six stories, photos added and maybe interviews for more material. I'm not struggling with my creative flow in the least, just sometimes lack the additional drive it takes to make things happen after I've already been on target for making things happen all day.
Am I selfish enough to ask the universe to give me a space and time, the energy and inspiration to be creative full time on and off the clock?
I'd love to make my whole life about my creative pursuits. I've started a book, again. This time it's about East Texas Hoodoo energy left over from long-past generations. In it, I'd like to include themes of anthropocentrism between humans seeing themselves superior to ghosts and spirits, also that the underlying dark energies from a long-gone society are still affecting the way whites and blacks in East Texas communicate today. It may be that I turn this into a play where the "ghosts" still whisper hate words and hover around the central characters. (Wow... look at me brainstorm!)
It's also time for me to set some of my bigger deadlines for myself. I've decided to take the How to Start and Operate a Small Business in East Texas class, which among other things keeps me in town. Last year I convinced the chamber of commerce to let me into its Leadership class for networking and that held me to a goal for graduation from that. Marshall, Texas, is a sweet place, it's a divided place. It's as apathetic as any place I've lived and more touchy than some others. The people here are wonderful and oldfashioned in a way that makes me like it, but progressive toward tourism and excited about the future.
Some of my major deadlines need to be made for my creative energies to enter the mix here. I'm hoping to do a series of photos from the Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge from the ruins, and hopefully I'll be able to grab some wildlife to add in. Also, I'm hoping to start production on some back-lit photo frames to make these otherworldy settings seem all the more strange. The setting is very "life after people."
Another goal I'd like to declare is for a painting or series of art collage projects that include technology mimicking nature. I'm excited about this one for different reasons. I hope to display the artwork in my boyfriend's computer shop and will use computer parts, paint, and wires or other things to illustrate this. Some of it will revolve around code. Do I mind putting my ideas on the Web for anyone to steal? Not at all. I believe that if someone sees this list of items and feels inspired, then they should take up their tools and brushes and CREATE SOMETHING.
If you do, I'd like to see it. + Love and light to all who may see this. - Terri
Feed your muse today by choosing to be inspired, to be affected by the world around you and then do something with the creative ideas bestowed on you. They're yours and no one else will make them happen.
(Snow shot photo from Jan. 10, 2011, Marshall, TX)
That also means that my primary mode of communication is through writing, and some days that means up to six stories, photos added and maybe interviews for more material. I'm not struggling with my creative flow in the least, just sometimes lack the additional drive it takes to make things happen after I've already been on target for making things happen all day.
Am I selfish enough to ask the universe to give me a space and time, the energy and inspiration to be creative full time on and off the clock?
I'd love to make my whole life about my creative pursuits. I've started a book, again. This time it's about East Texas Hoodoo energy left over from long-past generations. In it, I'd like to include themes of anthropocentrism between humans seeing themselves superior to ghosts and spirits, also that the underlying dark energies from a long-gone society are still affecting the way whites and blacks in East Texas communicate today. It may be that I turn this into a play where the "ghosts" still whisper hate words and hover around the central characters. (Wow... look at me brainstorm!)
It's also time for me to set some of my bigger deadlines for myself. I've decided to take the How to Start and Operate a Small Business in East Texas class, which among other things keeps me in town. Last year I convinced the chamber of commerce to let me into its Leadership class for networking and that held me to a goal for graduation from that. Marshall, Texas, is a sweet place, it's a divided place. It's as apathetic as any place I've lived and more touchy than some others. The people here are wonderful and oldfashioned in a way that makes me like it, but progressive toward tourism and excited about the future.
Some of my major deadlines need to be made for my creative energies to enter the mix here. I'm hoping to do a series of photos from the Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge from the ruins, and hopefully I'll be able to grab some wildlife to add in. Also, I'm hoping to start production on some back-lit photo frames to make these otherworldy settings seem all the more strange. The setting is very "life after people."
Another goal I'd like to declare is for a painting or series of art collage projects that include technology mimicking nature. I'm excited about this one for different reasons. I hope to display the artwork in my boyfriend's computer shop and will use computer parts, paint, and wires or other things to illustrate this. Some of it will revolve around code. Do I mind putting my ideas on the Web for anyone to steal? Not at all. I believe that if someone sees this list of items and feels inspired, then they should take up their tools and brushes and CREATE SOMETHING.
If you do, I'd like to see it. + Love and light to all who may see this. - Terri
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