Musings

'To muse' comes from an Galo-Roman word muza or snout. It literally means "to stand with one nose in the air" or to "sniff about". It has a feeling of being lost in thought and also being idle.
'A Muse' on the other hand comes from Greek 'mousa' which means 'song, music'. Does that mean that the most important of the arts was once music? Its interesting that oral art was once so much stronger than visual. I think the invention of the book had a lot to do with that, then the camera and video camera. Now we sit for hours in front of screens, reading, looking, interpreting. Wouldn't it be nice to rest our eyes and let our ears do all the work, filling with exotic and new sounds, deep and complex sounds. When you hear a piece of music does it take you on a journey or are we loosing the ability to interpret and imagine with our ears?
'To muse' according to the root of the word doesn't require the use of your eyes either. It uses your nose to feed your thought. It is taking in the air around you and letting it fuel your imagination.
I'm going to make an effort to spend more time with my eyes closed, my nose in the air and my ears pricked.