Do you have a muse? Is it somehow separate from you or part of you?
I frequently talk about parts of me as though they are somehow separate creatures from me.
I have Little Retrieval Dude, a small gnome-like creature forever bound to searching the dusty stacks that are the vast library of knowledge and trivia inside my head. Sometimes Little Retrieval Dude is on the ball and gets me the answer immediately. Sometimes he tells me he’ll get back to me later, and he does; I will blurt out this random answer minutes, hours or days after the fact. I actually visualize him residing in this giant cylindrical place, with stories and stories of books; my little gnome endlessly climbs stairs and ladders to get at the information then reveals it to me in my mind’s eye-while simultaneously operating my mouth. (more…)



