The Muses we understand from Part 1 of this article are the daughters of the future and the past, and more specifically of memory, light, truth and beauty; they are essential for the 'good life', and we understand as well that because they are goddesses, they cannot be summoned by human will, but they can be invoked by supplications, by readiness, by the human spirit or soul that is aligned with their purpose. This takes us to a new and key observation: that everyone can be a poet if - IF - they can speak from their own true, authentic self, or what we used to call their soul; their core being. In her book 'Poetry and Story Therapy', Geri Giebel Chavis writes, "This experience left me with the strong belief that we are all poets when the true self finds its voice". It is not easy to do this, and goes way beyond understanding or using the skills and techniques of Poetry that poets so typically deploy. The reason it is so difficult is because, sadly, for most of us, most of the time, we speak as our false self-dictates.
08-28-2019, 10:48 PM
Poetry and the Muses Part 2
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