Or at least the idea of the muse. Its bullshit. All of it. To create great things, it takes hard work and practice. Lightning is not going to just strike without you putting in the work first. Start, right now. Today. Get off Twitter, and Facebook. Shut off the lights and lock the door and work, even if it sucks, even if its hard just write, or paint or compose. Make something new, make something terrible. Make something you wouldn’t even show your mom and then make another.

Take chances and let your brain free, wander and play. From now on the muse is your slave, not the other way around. When you go to work, so will the muse. Forget about the results for a while, forget about trying to make money. Forget about trying to please your peers. Because fuck ‘em. Focus on creating great or at least unique work. Then do it again the next day, and the next forever.