Creative Solutions and Inspirations from the Modern Day Muses

Muse Profile: Aha-phrodite

Excerpted from the book The Nine Modern Day Muses and a Bodyguard: 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers, and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence by Jill Badonsky, M.Ed.

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Aha-phrodite

MUSE OF
Paying attention & possibilities

MEANING OF NAME
"Aha!" (an idea) and phrodite (passion of creativity)

DOMAIN
Bringing passion to awareness

SYMBOL

HOW AHA-PHRODITE CAN MUSE YOU
Paying Attention to Possibilities with Aha-phrodite

THE SELECTION of AHA-PHRODITE

So the nine Greek Muses were sitting around chattering in the Muse brainstorm chamber. Lightning flashed in electric ideas as they started the selection process of what new Muse transformations they would need to make in order to jump-start the creatively destined modern day mortal mind. They decided that the first Muse named should be representative of both the Muses in ancient Greek mythology and the newly upgraded Modern Day Muses. Polyhmnia (she of many hymns) said “Aha!” and the rest of them agreed. Thus, Aha-phrodite was named.

Aha-phrodite’s name was inspired from Aphrodite, goddess of Love and Beauty and well-known daughter of Zeus and Hera. The “Aha” portion of the name was gleaned, of course, from the A-HA! discovery of a new idea. It was then combined with the old Greek name stem “phrodite,” from Aphrodite, making her name a combination of both old and new. This, they believed, was politically correct.

BOTTOM LINE

If we pay attention to the present moment we will discover that inspiration is not elusive nor out of reach. There is already an unfathomable amount of inspiration right in front of us. Creative electricity is everywhere and when we connect to the voltage of our awareness anything in our environment can become a conductor of new ideas. Everything from the way the grass blows to the music of a child’s laughter can become the art of our lives and the substance of artistic expression. In this consciousness, the passion for the creative process is irresistible.

Paying Attention is:

1. Feeling awake and alive to the beauty in the manifestation of spirit.
   
   
2. Being fully conscious as a gentle witness in all of life’s offerings. •

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Jill Badonsky, M.Ed. is a nationally recognized workshop leader, artist, performer, humorist, and author of the book, The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Poets, Lovers and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existence. She teaches creativity lovers to facilitate classes and workshops based on her book and along with UCLA psychologist, Robert Maurer, she trains people to be Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaches. She can be found lurking at www.themuseisin.com.

11/13/06