Muse Profile: Audacity

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Modern Day Muses : Audacity

Modern Day Muses

MUSE OF
Courage & uninhibited uniqueness

MEANING OF NAME
Liberation from the opinion of others

DOMAIN
Teaching self-confidence and freedom to be one's self — being true to oneself

SYMBOL
Symbol of Audacity
HOW AUDACITY CAN MUSE YOU

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THE SELECTION of AUDACITY

It took very little deliberation for the Muses to come up with this new modern day equivalent. Trying to stay non-judgmental, the Muses kept correcting themselves when they referred to mortals as “those wimps.” “Oops, I mean mortals,” they would correct themselves time after time. Muses are compassionate beings, but they often err on the side of being a little too brazen. They just cannot believe how many mortals sell out their creative brilliance because they are afraid of what other mortals might think.

Because look, here is the reality — mortals think judgmental thoughts toward another mortal’s creative expression substantially less than imagined. If another mortal does think something judgmental, that thought process usually takes up about 30 seconds. Think about it — these self-conscious mortals hold back their destined creative exaltation, often their entire life, because they fear a 30-second judgment from other mortals who don’t deserve that much power in the first place. They just need a little more moxie, a little more … audacity. And when the Muses reached that conclusion, Aha-phrodite said “Yes, … audacity is exactly what they need, so let’s make ‘audacity’ a Muse.” The others concurred unanimously with catcalls, a few “whoops,” and one somersault.

BOTTOM LINE

As expressions of God, we have the ability to manifest our divine authenticity and unique form of creative brilliance. Through our willingness to share our originality we share with the world the beauty, insight, and ingenuity our creator has given us. We must share with audacious courage, believing that as we do, we make a sweeping statement that can change the world around us. •

About the Author | More by Jill Badonsky
Jill Badonsky, M.Ed. is founder of Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching and is author of The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder and The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration. Visit her online at TheMuseisIn.com. Become trained as a certified Kaizen-Muse™ creativity coach and liberate creative souls — including your own.

4/14/07

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