Use what you know as a muse, This isn’t just about occupation or where you live, this isn’t just about sappy feelings (yes I’ve been sappy lately, leave me alone already! I still fantasize on various torture techniques at the blah-job), I’m talking about those you disagree with, fight with, lock horns, etc.
We all have our opinions; they matter because it’s who we are. And no matter how much we might want to connect, there will always be conflict. It’s unavoidable. You’re logic verses mine, your hundred facts against my hundred facts. We could spend a week just writing enough online posts to fill a book each on our side along with a work’s cited. Sometimes it’s kept classy, sometimes it’s messy. We pull back asking ourselves why do we put ourselves out there only to draw back with a headache? There are those days where we just get so overwhelmed with what we see as stupidity, and then those on the other side come back with their version. I use to shy away from it after putting myself out there too much, not anymore. Now I just keep it contained.
You see it’s all about regulation. That seems to be everyone’s favorite new word these days next to swag (one of the times I’ll ever use that word). The key is to pick your fights, what hill do you wish to defend? And how far are you willing to go to defend it?
I get pretty worked up over some issues, but I do try to keep it classy. Not always easy, but I’m getting better at it. Remember that those you lock horns with are people with good hearts and are dedicated to their creeds just like us. Give them their due, a lot of people these days are apathetic, at least they have passion.
But use it. A lot of the times these people are writers too, and they will use you in some way or another. Who knows, maybe you’ll end up slowly tortured to death in one of their stories, again all about being a muse. I’m cool with it because I write what I know.
How does one justify the things that’s accepted by modern day society that I detest? Well start a debate and find out. People can justify anything, if you saw the world the way I do, you would know exactly what I mean. We’re some sick puppies, and not in a cute fun way (like me :^D) The world is our muse, we learn from it. Authors say we shouldn’t write what we know, but write about what we don’t, or something along those lines. Good advice, but also try knowing something that is outside your knowledge.
Think in the terms of being a FBI profiler (or as they are actually referred to as, a supervisory agent). Those guys put themselves in the mind of a killer in order to catch him/her. They start with how the UNSUB (unknown subject) looks at everything. From a pack of smokes to the way blood cascades down a window. How does a male UNSUB think of women? What is it that drives their urge crazy? Why do they want to kill? Is it just an urge? Or is there a deeper reason? How do they justify killing? When the urge is fed, what do they have to say for themselves?
People are who they are, good, bad, or most of the time gray. Everyone has a different truth, different common sense. We’re never going to understand everyone and why they believe what they do, but we can pick brains, and use it. Hell, you can make your protagonist a person who’d completely disagree with in real life. I actually suggest it. Writing outside of our comfort zone is a good thing. If we can make a believable and even loveable character from someone we’d oppose in the real world, then we are creating something amazing.
This goes back to my comment of making mince-meat out of lemons. What bothers you? What do you stand for and against? If you find my opinions stupid, ignorant, or just plain wrong, then why do you stick around? Am I like a trained ape to you? It’s okay if I am. That makes me a muse. I’m okay with it because I’m guilty of it too. The world can be beautiful, but it can be so very dark, and not in an entertaining way. We are creators making art to move or entertain each other. We may not all be rocket scientists, but everyone of us have our own evil brilliance. We contribute a piece of ourselves that non-artists can’t. We’re special, and so we feed on the world.
One more thing in honor of someone I once cared about who left me on bad terms a few years ago who recently came back to mend fences. A lot of us are hurt in a way that’s destructive to our lives and those around us. We push each other away instead of embracing each other. Even if you’re not an artist, you can inspire or be inspired. You can use your pain to help others, and you can find refuge in the arms of someone who cares. None of it’s easy; life gives us a shit sandwich heavy on the shit-sauce. And we’re not allowed to complain or take it to work. We’re supposed smile and not let it show while it tears our insides apart like a pack of hellhounds.
The world is also your muse. Use it. Thrive in it. It’s a dark world to everyone, no one has a monopoly on suffering. Not you not me. However, in pain we are united. I’m thankful I can get to know someone who mattered very much to me all over again. The person I saw that she couldn't see now thrives. She cared enough to change her life, and she didn’t do it alone. She found inspiration from caring people, and she wanted to better herself. She’s my hero.
I have known her in darkness, and now I know her in the light.
Life's a muse, you’re a muse, I’m a muse, those we love and hate are muses. Take it all in and create, in words, in paint, or just by living your life. I mentioned non-artists earlier in the post, that’s kind of an oxymoron when you think about, almost everyone is an artist. We create it by living, and if we recognize it, and accept it, we can thrive. And that’s a story worth writing about :^)
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