Muse in the Morning

Muse in the Morning

The muses are ancient.  The inspirations for our stories were said to be born from them.  Muses of song and dance, or poetry and prose, of comedy and tragedy, of the inward and the outward.  In one version they are Calliope, Euterpe and Terpsichore, Erato and Clio, Thalia and Melpomene, Polyhymnia and Urania.

It has also been traditional to name a tenth muse.  Plato declared Sappho to be the tenth muse, the muse of women poets.  Others have been suggested throughout the centuries.  I don’t have a name for one, but I do think there should be a muse for the graphical arts.  And maybe there should be many more.

Please join us inside to celebrate our various muses…

I’m still musing about a passage from the Tao that came up yesterday.  I’ve thought about that one a lot.  I thought maybe I should respond.

I like some of the palettes of colors I create enough to use them in more than one graphic…so this one may be reminiscent of Friday evening’s graphic.

Beyond the End Fifty-two Keep your mouth closed and embrace a simple life, and you will live carefree until the end of your days. If you try to talk your way into a better life there will be no end to your trouble –from the Tao te Ching –tr. by J. H. McDonald I could embrace a simpler life might enjoy being carefree but… …there would be people some like me and some not with lives filled with much concern too many troubles and my heart is filled with care Until they have better lives I must try to talk the world into a better way Really It’s no trouble at all –Robyn Elaine Serven –March 30, 2008

I know you have talent.  What sometimes is forgotten is that being practical is a talent.  I have a paucity for that sort of talent in many situations, though it turns out that I’m a pretty darn good cook.  🙂  

Let your talent bloom.  You can share it here.  Encourage others to let it bloom inside them as well.

Won’t you share your words or art, your sounds or visions, your thoughts scientific or philosophic, the comedy or tragedy of your days, the stories of doing and making?  And be excellent to one another!