A Muse dates back to Greek mythology. Muses are visible throughout literary history and are alive today!
When thinking of "A Muse" throughout history, I think of Greek Mythology. By far, my favorite contemporary interpretation of "a muse" was Sharon Stone's portrayal. If you've not seen the movie, you need to get the DVD.
In Greek mythology, the Muses are nine archaic goddesses who embody the right evocation of myth, inspired through remembered and improvised song and traditional music and dances.
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Then: A Muse Erato
Erato ("lovely") was a Greek Muse, represented with a lyre.She was the Muse of lyric poetry and hymns. With Arcas, she had one son: Azan.
The Greek Muse Erato
In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Greek Muses. The name means "desired" or "lovely", being derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes alludes to in Book III of his Argonautica.
Erato is the Muse of lyric poetry, especially love and erotic poetry. In the Orphic hymn to the Muses, it is Erato who charms the sight. Since the Renaissance she is often shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical instrument that Apollo or she herself invented. In Simon Vouet's representations (illustration), two turtle-doves are eating seeds at her feet. Other representations may show her holding a golden arrow, reminding one of the "eros", the feeling that she inspires in everybody, and at times she is accompanied by the god Eros, holding a torch.
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The Muses of Gwinn: Art and Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, Charles A. Platt and Ellen Shipman
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Memoirs of a Muse: A Novel
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The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired
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The Nine Muses: A Mythological Path to Creativity
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A Muse -- Greek Mythology
The Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature are the goddesses or spirits who inspire the creation of literature and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge, related orally for centuries in the ancient culture, that was contained in poetic lyrics and myths. Originally said to be three in number, by the Classical times of the 400s BC, their number had grown and become set at nine goddesses who embody the arts and inspire the creation process with their graces through remembered and improvised song and stage, writing, traditional music, and dance.
Muses of Today!
Sharon Stone
Elettra Rossellini
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The Muse Sharon Stone
In the movie: The Muse 1999
This was such a fun movie with Sharon Stone and Albert Brooks--who was also the director.Plot Summary: What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to satisfy this goddess, especially when her advice gets him going again on a sure-fire script. However, this is not the limit of her help, she also gets the writer's wife (MacDowell) going on her own bakery enterprise, much to the chagrin of Brooks, who has already had to make many personal sacrifices for his own help.
Modern day muse Sharon Stone ...
She's a glamorous muse, to say the least!
Sharon Yvonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She first achieved international recognition for her performance in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her role in Casino.
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Comic writer-director Albert Brooks (Lost in America, Defending Your Life, Mother) specializes in difficult characters. Not characters who are neurotic in a fumbling but endearing Woody Allen kind of way; Brooks creates characters who would be a pain in the ass to know and are sometimes kind of excruciating to even watch--which is not to say that they're not also extremely funny. However, The Muse manages to soften the edges of his persona while sustaining the humor. Steven (Brooks), a screenwriter, can't get anyone interested in his scripts.
An extremely successful friend recommends that he talk to Sarah (Sharon Stone), who is--according the friend--a muse, one of the daughters of the Greek god Zeus who inspire creativity. The only problem is that Sarah not only gives, she takes: She demands gifts of diamond necklaces, expensive hotel rooms, late-night trips to expensive restaurants, and virtual servitude from whomever she's taken under her wing. This initially arouses suspicion in Steven's wife, Laura (Andie MacDowell), but soon Laura is asking for her own inspiration and it's Steven who starts to get jealous.
Stone runs wild with her capricious character and an abundance of tart cameos (from Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Rob Reiner, Jennifer Tilly, Cybill Shepherd, and Wolfgang Puck) add juice to the proceedings. --Bret Fetzer
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- Sharon Stone shows serious leg while hanging with Marchesa's Georgina Chapman. Photo by Jeff Vespa, amfAR/WireImage Sharon Stone has a rockin'
The brand of Lamarthe has a "muse" -- Elettra Rossellini
Elettra Rossellini is "the muse of the brand" of Lamarthe and Rossy De Palma is the director of Lamarthe's new short film for the Winter 2007/2008 collection.Pictured here is Elettra, Rossy and "Cult" the new Lamarthe designer handbag that is "a casual chic unstructured style."
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Have you heard of the wonderful luxury designer handbag brand of Lamarthe? Until recently the popular French line Lamarthe could only be found in the chic department stores of Paris. Today Lamarthe's Exception bag is named as one of Elle...
Modern day muse Elettra Rossellini
Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann (born July 26, 1983) is an American fashion model of Italian and Swedish descent. She is the daughter of Italian actress and model Isabella Rossellini and American Jonathan Wiedemann (a Harvard-educated Microsoft design manager and former fashion model), who were married from 1983 to 1986 after having met at a Calvin Klein photo shoot. Her maternal grandparents were Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. Elettra has an adopted younger brother Roberto (born 1992).
Elettra was born and raised in New York City and attended high school at the United Nations International School, where she became fluent in French. Growing up, Elettra suffered from scoliosis, a condition that had also afflicted her mother, and had to wear a back brace 23 hours a day from the ages of...
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Elettra Rossellini
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If you've not yet heard of this beauty, stay tuned as I predict you will be seeing and hearing a lot more of her in the not too distant future! Elettra Rossellini comes from fabulous stock, rather designer genes. There's her mother Isabella Ros...
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The word muse can refer to many things!
- A type of Greek goddess.
- A predominantly Shan city situated in a semi-autonomous region of Myanmar/Burma.
- A rock band from Devon, England.
- An open source Content Management System.
- A children's magazine published by Cricket and Smithsonian.
- First digital instrument ever made.
- Films: 1976 and a 1999 film staring Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Jeff Bridges & Cybill Shepherd.
- A newspaper.
- DS9 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- An open-source MIDI/audio sequencer for Linux.
More a-musing stuff ...
- The word muse may be used figuratively, to denote someone who inspires an artist.
- St. Augustine writes on the origin of the Legend of the Nine Muses in Book 2 of his work "On Christian Doctrine" in Chapter 17, and elaborates on a refutation by Varro.
- In New Orleans, nine streets are named after the Muses...I think they're still there.
- The muses appear as co-narrators of the Disney movie Hercules and its spin-off series.
- Muses feature in the graphic novel The Sandman by Neil Gaiman.
- The Muses feature prominently in the musical film Xanadu starring Olivia Newton-John (as Terpsichore), Gene Kelly and Michael Beck; directed by Robert Greenwald.
- 14-year-old boy treble Neil Pritchard acts as a muse to a young composer in Ronald Frame's novel The Lantern Bearers.
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- Muses of Greek Mythology
- The Muses are the Greek goddesses who preside over the arts and sciences and inspire those who excel at these pursuits.
- Muse on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia is such a great free reference! Mucho info here on "Muse."
- Muse on Answers.com
- Answers.com takes a whack at defining "muse."
What amuses you? Drop me a line! A-muse me!
Are you a muse to your better half or someone else? Better yet ... do you HAVE a muse? Lucky duck! Well, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject.
24websurf wrote...
I seem to have my own muse that stalks me or is it that we just follow the same path? Seems to lead us both to your door. Greeks are awesome... Romans.. I like them too. I have a thing for a certain Norse god, though. Hmmm....
Posted August 10, 2009
drifter0658 wrote...
The Muse was a darn good movie! I have a peach of a muse that follows me around now...or is it I follow her?
Did the Norse have muses?
Posted August 10, 2009
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