On being a muse

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I think I can talk about it now that I am a muse and an inspiration.

In the old days artists got inspired by the superior strength and incredible acts of courage and perseverance of the old day heroes. I am not like the old day heroes. I managed to inspire by cowardly fleeing from a bunch of birds.

This is the drawing of me bunn got inspired to draw after she read this entry. Thank you bunn!



The original entry in bunn's journal is here. I like the drawing a lot, the geese look every bit as scary as they are in real life and I run like a bitch exactly like I do in real life. I usually have much less hair at the back, most of mine is at the top and at the front and now I have no hair at all because of this of course. But otherwise it is an awesome drawing, which I put on my desktop.

So, if you have given up on ever being a muse, don't. It sneaks up on you when you least expect it. To speed things up a bit you might want to find some geese in your area and try to hang out with them. It worked for me.

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I still think it is a craft, a skill but not art. Everything requires skill, technique, some talent and luck, even cooking a good steak. You friend's photo is amazing. I still don't consider it art though. It is just an amazing photo.
I think we overuse "art" so much these days. Every string of beads someone puts together while depressed, every black and white photo ("oh you see how that portrait really shows the character, what's inside" - eh...no, it doesn't, mate) , every drawing seems to become "my art" these days. Every guy who puts vintage records on in a club is "an artist". I got to the point when I think "oh shit, no..." to myself every time someone wants to show me "their art". In my experience it has never been any good and I never considered it art (just a drawing, a photo, etc). I never volunteered to tell people that I did not consider their stuff art and I don't have any problems with them thinking that it is art of course.

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Hmm, I take your point on 'art' - my tag is 'arty stuff' for that very reason. I tend to think of 'craft' as more specific: the sort of person who has spent 30 years honing their skills is a craftsman...

Maybe it's safest to stick to 'drawings', 'photography' etc.