Muses

[revena]

shiv5468's muse has done a runner, evidently. She was asking people over on her journal to keep an eye out for it, and send it home. I asked Shiv to give a little more description of the wayward inspiration, so that I'd know it if I saw it. It occurs to me that most of the people on my flist are engaged in one sort of creative pursuit or another, and I think it'd be interesting to know what all of your muses look like.

Mine is a shapeshifter. Sometimes he's a very handsome young man, with dark hair, pale skin, and an aquiline nose. His eye color shifts from brown to blue to green, and the shape of his jaw changes a lot, but he's always just a bit skinnier than is probably really healthy. When she's a woman, she's much plumper - downright curvy, in fact. She usually keeps her hair in a very sensible short haircut, though it's often an outrageous color. She likes blue, but she has her bright red and orange phases. Her eyes are grey, and she's often got wings that are painted up to match her hair.

My muse is something of a nudist. He often doesn't wear a shirt at all, and she has been known to wander around in just her underpants. It's not about titillation... She's just more comfortable in her own skin. Plus, it gets hot at my house, and muses are notoriously sensitive to temperature. When it's cooler, he likes to wear shapeless tunics and trousers made of expensive fabrics, though occasionally she dresses up a little, with long, full, linen skirts and blouses.

My muse also enjoys cloaks and capes and other garments with a nice theatrical swish to them. He's fond of spinning around dramatically, or standing facing into a stiff breeze, so the fabric will ripple in an appealing way. She's always heavily armed, of course, favoring small knives, though he'll also branch out into swords and polearms, when the mood strikes her.

So what does your muse look like?

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[cavalaxis]

I don't really have a muse person type thing.

I have a few characters that like to lurk and grumble and brood. And smoke, gods I hate it when they smoke. But not so much the muse.

I think she's been phoning it in for years.

"M" for "Muse"

[tdj.livejournal.com]

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

My main muse, who's been with me since very early childhood, looks a bit like the guy in my icon here. Very contemplative, striking blue eyes, hair that clearly used to be blond, sort of medium build, medium height. He's always been just a few years older than me, aging as I age. His forte is the cathartic aspect of my creativity: he helps me turn real emotions and internal dramas into stories others might find cathartic as well. He tends to wear white button-downs, loose with the sleeves rolled up, then jeans or khakis. He sometimes adds a jacket.

Another muse is a tall, thin woman with curly long brown hair, who's very assertive and ballsy, but also a good listener. She listens to everyone panicking, then tells them when she's heard enough, and issues the best available solution. Her forte is plot, particularly when it gets sticky. She's also got a great technique when I'm stuck: she keeps breaking the next step into smaller and smaller steps until I'm able to take at least one. There's always a way out of any plot jam with her. She tends to wear brown, russet and black, and all her clothes are very trim, but not overly fitted. Very practical, but with a lot of beautiful patterns and textures. She's not a traditional beauty, but she is beautiful.

[avalonne.livejournal.com]

My main muse has been with me all the way through... I guess he started out as my invisible friend and devil-at-my-shoulder but he's a sensible, pragmatic character. He helps with situations and plot development. He's average height, slightly stocky, strong jaw, dimples, blue-green eyes and dark hair. Usually in jeans and dress shirt in some bold colour, sometimes with a t-shirt undernearth, sometimes without.

My other muse is a character I created a good 11 years ago now, who just hasn't faded into oblivion and evidently refuses to. She tends to be a bit angsty and melodramatic, but very loyal and dedicated to whatever she's doing. She helps with my character development and dramas (both my internal ones, and the plot dilemmas). She's petite, stronger than she looks, brown shoulder length hair, likes her reds and her neutral colours, always very elegant.

And when they're both around. It's all I can do to keep up with their dialogue. And they have some stunners sometimes. I really don't know what I would do without those two...

:)

[moonglows.livejournal.com]

My muse is narcoleptic and feels like she runs on battery power. She often falls asleep at inappropriate times, but is always productive in her waking hours, (which are usually in the evening). Her hair is long, brown, and always messy. She wears wire-rimmed glasses, long, flowing dresses, and black boots that tie all the way up to the knee. She enjoys coffee, tea, staring at the moon, and the color blue. She is a perfectionist. She is fickle, finicky, and usually feels melancholy. She is missing, but I feel she may be on the way home.

[zinaya-y2kewel.livejournal.com]

I have two muses. One is a man, about my age (he seems to age with me), and is pretty charismatic. Light eyes, dark/purple hair, always in jeans, and he never wears a shirt. He does, however, carry a jacket with him (not that he ever puts it on). He's the kind of guy that smiles at me all pretty and then tells me what a stupid line I just wrote. He's generally rather helpful though. He's my crack!fic/fandom muse. Oh, and he either doesn't wear shoes at all or he wears black boots. This guy has been with me since I was a kid and I just love him.

The other muse is a lovely black woman, older than me, and with changing hair colour (usually purple when she's happy). She also has the best dress ever. It's very earthy looking, scoop neckline and bell sleeves. The skirt is very full but when she pulls it up she has different colour slips underneath. The colours also shift depending on her mood but red and purple tend to be her favourite (I know I've messed up if it's yellow). She also like to snark at me and pace a lot. You have to love her though, she makes writing fun...and she can kick man!muses butt.