I picked the option that works best for me, but it's not accurate. I don't require a muse to create, and in fact most of the time when I'm working with them, it's not about writing, art or even photography. It's not about story, Story or plot. It's about them, how we interact and work, and how their space operates. The closest we get to creation right now is worldbuilding, and trying to piece together the reality of events. I'm still settling in to being a muse-home.
And one of the stories I'm writing is about a world where these muses are given the benefit I generally feel they deserve, and acknowledging them as entirely separate entities from the author.
Does that mean that all creativity stems from the muse? No. Does that mean that those with muses are more creative than those without? No. Does that mean that the muse exists solely to further creativity? Fuck no. That means we have a different system for doing it, and our system is different from every other muse-host's author on top of that. Communication is a bitch, and the concepts you're poking at are not blanket ones.
Call it creative schizophrenia and move on, or identify those who call themselves mused and seek out individuals to babble at you. Your questions will not apply to most in my sphere, and you'll learn more by asking individuals to babble about it, in a venue they're comfortable with.
As for me in particular, I have twenty currently in active residence, with another four at least hovering at the fringes. I'm a bit odd in that I get certain associations very clearly (aqua, turquoise and all varying shades of those colors now fall under Lulia in my head, for they're her favorite shades and it resonates) but don't generally actually see them. What I get instead are touch and texture, and I'll shiver when they're cold, or trip when I get down off a stool while someone taller is up in the affecting part of the brain, as the mental perception is that my legs are currently much longer. They are themselves, not truly changeable (though some will take on roles for other projects, when they feel like it) to the same degree that we are not.
And this? Is not something I'm generally comfortable with talking about in public. If I don't answer any replying comments, this is likely why.
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And one of the stories I'm writing is about a world where these muses are given the benefit I generally feel they deserve, and acknowledging them as entirely separate entities from the author.
Does that mean that all creativity stems from the muse? No. Does that mean that those with muses are more creative than those without? No. Does that mean that the muse exists solely to further creativity? Fuck no. That means we have a different system for doing it, and our system is different from every other muse-host's author on top of that. Communication is a bitch, and the concepts you're poking at are not blanket ones.
Call it creative schizophrenia and move on, or identify those who call themselves mused and seek out individuals to babble at you. Your questions will not apply to most in my sphere, and you'll learn more by asking individuals to babble about it, in a venue they're comfortable with.
As for me in particular, I have twenty currently in active residence, with another four at least hovering at the fringes. I'm a bit odd in that I get certain associations very clearly (aqua, turquoise and all varying shades of those colors now fall under Lulia in my head, for they're her favorite shades and it resonates) but don't generally actually see them. What I get instead are touch and texture, and I'll shiver when they're cold, or trip when I get down off a stool while someone taller is up in the affecting part of the brain, as the mental perception is that my legs are currently much longer. They are themselves, not truly changeable (though some will take on roles for other projects, when they feel like it) to the same degree that we are not.
And this? Is not something I'm generally comfortable with talking about in public. If I don't answer any replying comments, this is likely why.