When does a Muse STOP
June 11, 2013 § 14 Comments
…inspiring art—and instead, become a harmful addiction ?
What is the difference between Muse and addiction ?
Coco J. Ginger Says
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Coco J. Ginger Says 
Marriage? Oh ho ho. I made a funny. Ahem.
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LOL! Good one!
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Right. When?
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muse
/myo͞oz/Verb
Be absorbed in thought.
Noun
An instance or period of reflection.
Synonymsad·dict
/ˈadikt/Noun
1.A person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically an illegal drug.
2.An enthusiastic devotee of a specified thing or activity.
meditate – ponder – contemplate – ruminate – think
The dictionary definition of muse and addict. My guess here is when it becomes counter productive as an excuse to not take action.
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Spooky – my post today was Surrendering to Your Muse! LOL we mst have similar trains of thought.
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Riding’ that train, high on . . . . a Muse??? Sorry, couldn’t pass that one up, considering the ‘question’ of this blog post! 🙂
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No problem..love to have comments!
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When, indeed. It’s a very fine line, to be sure. I guess the telltale signs are similar to other addictions…
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Never!
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As in, she never stops inspiring art 🙂
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When the detached, glorious inspiration sparked from a respectful distance, degrades into a clinging necessity that usurps one’s own Self-sufficiency.
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You have to use them for their purpose, inspiration. That is the difference between muse and addiction, obsession, lust, and love. You take the concept of the muse and breath in that concept its own life, after that it has little to do with them except in the abstract. And yeah delving too deep is potentially harmful.
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A muse in marriage is definitely addictive. I wouldn’t say harmful, but very distracting.
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None, probably. But one you enjoy, the other not so much. So it’s a timing issue, like a spark plug thing.
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