After being in this class for almost a semester I've noticed a few things about how my mind works and how I use my muse to write. In the beginning of the semester it wasn't that hard for me to use my muse because I have no problem just writing a bunch of non-sense on a page that really has nothing to do with anything, but I did have to prepare myself to sit and write and I had to have a kind of quiet environment to access my muse. After getting used to writing using my muse I've found that I don't go into such a trance when I sit down to write whatever I am writing, things just pop into my head and I can stay focused fairly well. I've also noticed that I can write with noise happening in the background and I've gotten into the habit of listening to music while I write poetry, which is something I don't think I could have done before.
Has anyone experienced something similar to this? Does it feel like your muse is just kind of part of your thought process now?
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I have to agree. I feel that my poetry is at its best when I use music as my muse. I used to hate listening to any type of noise when writing but now I find that it is easy to connect with my ideas when I have music playing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both the comment and the original post, at first music was not part of accessing my muse, but now its a huge part. I can't listen to lyrical music when I write or else I end up with Beatles quotes in my muse work, but I can and do like listening to anything without singing, like classical or instrumental- its great inspiration.
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