Interviews with The Nine Modern-Day Muses (and a Bodyguard)

Many thanks to Molly Anderson-Childers and Jill Badonsky for their co-creative collaboration on this interview series published on Creativity Portal between September 2009 and July 2010.

These interviews are based on the character muses in Badonsky's book "The Nine Modern Day Muses (and a Bodyguard" and are chock-full of amusing insights, humor, and gentle coaching to inspire your creative life the small-step Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching™ way.

Interview with Modern Day Muse Marge
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
Marge is the Muse of Okay-now-let's-get-started. Learn how Marge's no-nonsense inspirational style helps artists navigate the swamps of procrastination.

Interview with Modern Day Muse Shadow
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
The Shadow is the Muse of gifts of the dark side. Learn about some of the gifts and treasures only found in the shadows.

Interview with Modern Day Muse Lull
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
Lull is the Muse of pause, diversion, and gratitude. Stuck in a dry spell? Blocked? In a creative quagmire? Lull can rescue you from the doldrums of creative repetition and “Same-Old-Same-Old” Syndrome.

Interview with Modern Day Muse Audacity
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
Audacity is the Muse of courage and uninhibited uniqueness. Ever felt creatively chicken-hearted? Not so fabulous? Blah and blocked? Then read on, and be inspired!!!

Interview with Modern Day Muse Spills the Imp
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
Spills the Imp is the Muse of practice, process, and imperfection. Summon Spills when you’re feeling the nit-picky urge to over-edit and obsess, or when the demons of perfectionism rear their ugly heads.

Interview with Modern Day Muse Muse Song
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
Muse Song is the muse of nurturing, encouragement, and good company. She reminds us to reach out, to connect, and to ask for help when we need it.

Interview with Modern Day Muse Bea Silly
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
Bea Silly is the muse of play, laughter, and dance. "Silly" is becoming a lucrative movement.

Interview with Modern Day Muse Albert
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
Albert is the muse of imagination and innovation. He's also the only male muse and muse inspired by a mortal.

Interview with Modern Day Muse Aha-Phrodite
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
Aha-Phrodite is the muse of paying attention and possibilities. Let her wake you up to the inspiration all around you, every day, in every moment.

Interview with Arnold (the Bodyguard)
By Molly Anderson-Childers & Jill Badonsky
The Nine Modern-Day Muses have assigned a bodyguard to protect each and every one of us from the evil forces that prevent the expression of creative magnificence.