In a recent conversation I had with the writer, coach, and entrepreneur Damon Brown, we talked about how the muse doesn’t exist. That there’s no substitute for putting the butt in the chair and doing the work.
This is true.
But the muse can exist, but we mustn’t wait for it.
If it shows at all, it’ll be because we were at the right place at the right time doing the work, like a bolt of lightning.
In a sense, we need to anticipate the storm and plant our work station under the tallest tree so that, should the muse strike from the clouds (or does lightning strike up from the ground?), we are there. We are always there because the work is the reward. We write to find the muse. We don’t wait for the muse in order to write.
Also, if there’s a storm, please don’t sit under the tallest tree. This is merely a metaphor.
