muses tangent
How one word can turn into an essay - Muses
To be a muse is to be the driving force of the innovation within a creator. A muse is to be the inspiration and to be the inspiration is a gift, and it is for the receiver to choose their own response, for they create art. Such a beautiful conviction, isn’t it? To be someone’s muse, their influence and impel to find that completed mastery. I don’t think people use me as their muse. Or maybe what I perceive as ‘me’. They could use versions of me I have spun for them, versions of me they have constructed in their mind. An easy version of me, let’s say, the easy parts of me to find inspiration.
I do not intend on turning this into some philosophical essay on whether to be a muse is to be a truth. Or if I’m just an internalised cynic, pretending to be a dreamer. Anyways, I question to you or rather to myself that if God is real, are we, his muse? Did he become so lonely that he created man or was it we became so lonely we created him. If not, maybe he created us to be so isolated that we’d have to search and find him. Maybe God is just our muse. I don’t know. I’m letting myself ramble now. I don’t even think I believe in God myself, so ignore this notion. Or don’t it’s up to you.
I’ve found myself trying to find God everywhere, but I never find him, so I’ve stopped looking. And now I’m writing this and regretting it? Personally, I have no desire to worship I just want to understand. I expect miracles far too often to not want to just understand. Though I suppose if God is just a social construction, I could just create my own? My own personal God sounds potent, something almost too powerful. But I am okay with that, who wouldn’t be? Creating your own God leads to your own religion, which ultimately mirrors what every leader has ever done. No, they haven’t created their own God – yet, but they have their own judgements and morals which will always escalate due to their given authority. Examples you ask. Hitler, Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin. And I could keep going.
The abuse of power. A hackneyed phrase that is so scary, yet so familiar. I’m going to use the government as my main source here, as they provide such well-crafted evidence. This is subjective so hear me out, a ‘good’ government – if that is possible – would have soul-led leaders that have a firm grasp on human biology and population biology. They will realise what brings the body and brain into wellness but also what causes un-wellness. As such they reduce harms. Eventually, they focus on stress reduction and affirmative emotion enhancement. When people feel better, they behave better. It will take time, but we have proven the alternative does not work. A quote I heard once was that ‘A good government is more akin to being the conductor of a great orchestra’. I liked this. Because in it there is talent, there is training, there is synchrony and listening to one another. And the result is that we end in a great sound that lifts everyone higher. Now a bad government starts with a failing leader. A failing leader conjures notions of the enemy within and the external enemy to boost support for themselves at the expense of peace and mental health.
