{"id":2791,"date":"2013-09-24T13:22:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T20:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2013-09-24T13:22:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T20:22:54","slug":"the-muses-of-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/2013\/09\/the-muses-of-distraction\/","title":{"rendered":"The muses of distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In mythology the muses are the goddesses of inspiration for literature, sciences and the arts.<br \/>\nThere were three original muses, but as time went on the number increased to nine of them.<br \/>\nBeing an artist I regularly seek and desire a muse to come to me.<br \/>\nSometimes they do. Usually it is in the form of meeting a girl who intrigues me in some way.<br \/>\nMy dealings with such a creature often inspires in me some great work.<br \/>\nOften though I meet someone who at first appears to be a muse for my artistic creation, but later turns out to be a muse of distraction.<br \/>\nI think this is a common occurrence for us artistic types.<br \/>\nThese creatures of myth turn up in human form to at first inspire, but then somehow keep us from creating anything at all.<br \/>\nSo&#8230; here they are.<br \/>\nThe muses of distraction.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/2013\/09\/the-muses-of-distraction\/muses-of-distraction\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2793\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/muses-of-distraction-196x250.jpg\" alt=\"muses of distraction\" width=\"196\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/muses-of-distraction-196x250.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/muses-of-distraction-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/muses-of-distraction-540x687.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.aarron.com\/flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/muses-of-distraction.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can get a print of this <a href=\"http:\/\/laidig.imagekind.com\/store\/imagedetail.aspx\/b8d6ff4f-c9e1-4adf-80a4-a50e85c950ab\/The_muses_of_distraction\" title=\"muses of distraction print\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In mythology the muses are the goddesses of inspiration for literature, sciences and the arts. 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