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Plus, posing for a painting is a way cheaper and more fun form of self-discovery than going to therapy or learning self-hypnosis. No shame. Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith Lifelong best friends and sometimes lovers, they could not have become the artists they did without each other. Remember when your mom used to make you do your chemistry homework, saying that when you grow up, no one was going to pay you to sit there and look pretty?

This could be your sneaky ticket into new collaborations, a finally snagging a gallery or your next role. So often, interest in a person bleeds into interest in their art and vice versa. Any press is good press! You are a beautiful and infinite being with an expansive soul that inspires transcendent, visionary artwork. No amount of chocolate chip banana bread will change that!

As ancient deities of song, dance and memory, the nine Muses gave artists the inspiration needed to complete their work. Writers such Hesiod and Homer called upon them for guidance. But now muses are more often associated with mortal women, rather than mythic gods.

Picasso was not alone in associating inspiration with a tortured, passive form of womanhood. These famous cases all involve a female muse inspiring a male artist. In this schema, women are rewarded not so much for being well-rounded voices unto themselves, but resplendent vehicles for those of others. That was long time ago. It stood the test of the time.

He was amazing. I wish he was here. Hot Off the Press. Zoya Loeb by Damian Loeb. Posted October 10, Left: Racquel Chevremont by Thomas Mickalene. Right: Brooke Shields by Eric Fischl. Be sexual. Though anyone can be a muse, the classic muse archetype is a beauty, a flirtatious, feminine spirit with an insatiable sex drive.

Sexual arousal can help spur creativity, since it lowers inhibitions and charges the body and brain with erotic energy. In many cases, the muse is years younger than the artist she inspires. Have original style. You can be a muse without having a perfectly-proportioned body and a pretty face. Whatever it is that makes you different, play it up. For example, Pablo Picasso's series of muses, including Dora Maar and Marie-Therese Walter, helped him see the human body in a new way and inspired him to share his insights with the world.

Make your own art. If you create your own art, you know what it means to harness an idea or feeling and express it through painting, words, dance, and so on. August Rodin's muse was a fellow sculptor, Camille Claudel.

He made some of his best and most famous works in her presence, feeling inspired by their shared passion. Unfortunately, Claudel didn't achieve the same fame and success as Rodin. Method 2. Let your imagination run wild. While having a muse can give you a new creative perspective, one's art shouldn't be dependent on someone else's influence. You can be your own inspiration if you set your imagination free. What creative ideas can you come up with by simply exploring the depths of your own mind?

Do exercises that help release your creativity. If you're feeling uninspired, shake things up in your life and try something completely new. Take a dance class or switch from painting to photography for awhile.

Sometimes expressing yourself in a different way can open up new wells of creativity. Pursue your original ideas. Pursue all of your ideas, even the seemingly bad ones, to see where they lead. Be your own muse by letting yourself run with even the strangest concepts you come up with.