NaNoWriMo 2009

Meet The Members Part Two

My Muse

Inspiration is a funny thing.  And often, we look at it as an abstract concept.  An astral illusion eluding the concrete, physical template.  However, I’ve found over the course of my lifetime, that inspiration comes and goes like the whimsical nature only the living can possess.  Call me superstitious or a fool for ascribing an abstract as an individual, but I must persist.  You are at liberty to call me a great many things, though not all of them would be applicable.

However, I prefer being called a poet. Ascribing physicality to the inanimate is more or less my duty.

Inspiration is as individual as its host, which would indicate that it isn’t an all-encompassing force overlaying the entire population.  If such were the case, all would be inspired by the same things, think the same thoughts, and pursue the same goals.  No.  Inspiration is merely the letter carried by a somewhat temperamental messenger.  This messenger is the muse.

My muse, shall I say, is certainly a she.  At least, she behaves like a she.  She defines the picture present in many classic poems and sonnets, stories and songs.  Withdrawn and condescending, she flits and flows like a butterfly about a woodland stream.

I call her Heidi.

Heidi is a very whimsical, evanescent, faithless being.  She’ll show up for a moment, only to flee into the blood-red horizon as if only to frustrate me.  I’ll search, urge, and chase after her like a child chases in the path of butterflies.  And yet I can never achieve my goal unless she decides to turn and embrace me again.

The irksome thing is that I can never stay upset with her, and that she knows this.  In fact, I think she enjoys watching me tear at my hair and toss crumbled up scribblings to the littered floor.

Suddenly, she’ll sneak up from behind and rest her chin upon my shoulder, whispering in my ear.  I smile, and, in an instant, she knows she’s forgiven for her absence.  After all, if I didn’t forgive her, I’m certain that she would fade away again simply because she is well capable of it.

But in these years seeking her out, I have noticed that Heidi likes many things, and some will entice her to grace me with her presence.  I will list these in some long, perhaps monotonous monologue following this paragraph.  Don’t think I write simply because I’m tired of not writing, as that isn’t the case.  But I write such in hopes that you may, perhaps, succeed in luring in your muse and building a stronger relationship with her.  Relationships with muses are hardly simple, and require a great deal of effort, oftentimes, entirely one-sided.  However, in reality, the muse doesn’t have to give you anything.  It’s a luxury, and should be treated as such.

Never – never – take inspiration for granted.

THE LIST (sorted by topic):

1. God (much love)
2. Music
3. *Loud* Music
4. C#m
5. Rain (^_^)
6. Thunder (^__^)
7. Storms(^___^)
8. Walking Through the Rain (^____^)
9. Splashing through Puddles (^.^)
10. Sitting Surrounded by Shadows
11. Walking Barefoot
12. Cooking
13. Envelopes
14. Spiders
15. Corvidae (crows, ravens, bluejays…)
16. Pianos
17. Crooked Stairs
18. A Solitary Red Balloon
19. Broken Mirrors
20. Filthy Glass
21. Parades
22. Yellowed Paper
23. Coffee Rings
24. Sunbeams
25. Stars (smiles)
26. Vegetarianism
27. Fire
28. Colour Schemes
29. Fiction
30. Leather-bound Books
31. Hardback Novels
32. Chandeliers
33. Skeletal Trees
34. Grey
35. Pale Skies
36. Hotel Hallways
37. Broken Buildings
38. Graveyards
39. Persia
40. Castles
41. England
42. Finland (Huzzah!)
43. Japan
44. Hot Beverages
45. Coffee
46. Tea
47. Poetry
48. Foreign Cultures
49. The Victorian Era (Yes)
50. The 1920’s
51. The 1960’s
52. The 1980’s
53. Steampunk (YES)
54. Dystopia
55. Utopia
56. Subcultures
57. Emo
58. Punk
59. Scene
60. Indie
61. Bohemian
62. Fashion
63. Shoes (I know, right?)
64. Jackets
65. Belts
66. Slang
67. Philosophy
68. Classical Animated Movies
69. Owl City (*beams*)
70. Anime
71. DeviantART
72. Folklore
73. Mythology
74. Science Fiction
75. Interior Decorating (*admits: I’m a horrible excuse for a man*)
76. Gothic Architecture
77. Aaron Gillespie (you knew he was coming.  ^__^)
78. Chinese Food
79. The Ocarina
80. WETA Workshop
81. Alan Lee (<3)
82. Tim Burton (<333)
83. Square Enix
84. Kingdom Hearts
85. New angles
86. Low Saturated Colours
87. Roleplay
88. Crash Cymbals
89. String Arrangements
90. Double Bass Pedals
91. Synths
92. Acoustic
93. Photography
94. Abstract
95. Government Systems
96. Religion
97. Conceptual sketches
98. Negative Emotion (This is the drink of the poet)
99. Contrast
    100. Vincent Van Gogh
    101. Name Meanings
    102. Vocabulary
    103. Long Hair (leik…so srsly.)
    104. Clocks
    105. Lightbulbs (*love*)

Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this monologue.
Love,

- Ian.

Random Music Videos:

Utopia – Within Temptation

Again – Flyleaf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-uyS-GLwPI

The Lonely Wheel – The Almost

Check Yes Juliet – We The Kings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1R_txIuuio

Face Down – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOqua-Cny4g

False Pretense – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkFvqIK3gMM