We provide a space where artists and writers can work in a peaceful, isolated and inspiring setting. We have hosted poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, screenwriters, painters, visual artists, photographers, chefs, composers, directors, and more. Rooms are available to barters, recipients of fellowships and grants, and to individuals who...
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We provide a space where artists and writers can work in a peaceful, isolated and inspiring setting. We have hosted poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, screenwriters, painters, visual artists, photographers, chefs, composers, directors, and more. Rooms are available to barters, recipients of fellowships and grants, and to individuals who apply directly through La Muse.
Muse: pronunciation: myooz noun: 1. greek mythology: Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus, each of whom presided over a different art or science. 2. a. a guiding spirit. b. a source of inspiration. 3. a poet. verb: when combined with a preposition, can take on, upon, over, about, as in: She was musing on (upon) what her new novel would be like. He mused for several days over (about) what to paint next. word history: the Muses have inspired poetry since Chaucer invoked one in 1374 and of course Homer well before that. Muse comes from Latin musa and Greek mousa. Further origins are in the name Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. Her name is the Greek noun “memory,” which is an extended form of the Greek and Indo-European root “to think.” The reconstructed form montya, an ancestor of Greek mousa could then mean something like “having mental power.”
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