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Muse Begin Source Inspiration Guiding Spirit Morning Sat

word muse
definition A source of inspiration; a guiding spirit.
eg_sentence At 8:00 each morning he sat down at his desk and summoned his muse, and she almost always responded.
explanation The Muses were the nine Greek goddesses who presided over the arts (including music) and literature. A shrine to the Muses was called in Latin a museum. An artist or poet about to begin work would call on his particular Muse to inspire him, and a poem itself might begin with such a call; thus, Homer's Odyssey begins, “Sing to me of the man, Muse” (that is, of Odysseus). Today a muse may be one's special creative spirit, but some artists and writers have also chosen living human beings to serve as their muses
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