![]() What is important is that the creativity is ignited and something is created. Ultimately, you never know who or what someone is inspired by. What is the essence of this seasons’ collection? What does the designer want to express? Who does the designer want to appeal to? The muse is the perfect place for a designer to start. The muse embodies what is important to the Creative, and in this case- the fashion designer. This is what I would deem their essence…. What are they like outside of the camera and lights? Personality? How do they live? What are their interests? What lights them afire? How do they affect the people around them? There is much more to a person than their style/aesthetic. In a lot of cases, I would never have put that celebrity with that designer based on style. What was interesting was the pairing of said designers and muses. After all, this is a great PR opportunity for any celeb. Most of the muses were actresses and musicians, which wasn’t surprising. One subtle thing that I was intrigued with in this documentary was that the fashion designers chose as their dates… their muses.Īs the designers walked the red carpet with arms linked to their muse, I found myself uttering out loud, “WHAAAAT?! HER?! HUH?….”. It is about the yearly Met Gala that has become one of fashions’ most famous events, calling in all the top celebrities and designers du jour to outdo themselves on the red carpet, plus there is a bunch of art thrown in. ![]() Recently, I found myself down the Netflix rabbit hole where I ended up on a documentary called The First Monday in May. The muse is chosen based on what is important to the Creative. If you have somewhere to start, the ideas are more apt to follow. The Creative uses the muse to spark inspiration and turn the facet on. If you want water or ideas to flow, you need to turn the faucet on. Wish as you might for an endless flow of inspired ideas to come cascading from the heavens, this unfortunately rarely happens.Ĭreativity needs a catalyst. Whether or not that creativity is tapped into, is a whole other blog post.) (And, let me make a BIG point here that I truly believe everyone is creative. Well, fanciness aside, I can assure you that the muse has a powerful role to play in YOUR life.Ĭreatives, like artists, scientists, and great thinkers have been hip to the muse since waaaaaay back when. I see the muse as a personification that is a source of inspiration. Over the years (ok centuries) the muse morphed into the definition of – a woman, or force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.įor me, the muse has yet again morphed into a more modern interpretation. (Whatever Gods do to make things like that happen.) We can thank Zeus and Mnemosyne for birthing or conjuring those beauties. Technically, we’d have to go back to Greek/Roman mythology where there were nine goddesses, known as muses, who represented the arts and sciences. Need some inner strength? Inspiration? Guidance?
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