All 3 Uses of
muse
in
The Soloist
- I scribble Nathaniel's musings in my spiral notebook, trying to keep up with a running soliloquy that is somewhat reminiscent of Joseph Mitchell's Professor Sea Gull character.
Chpt 1.4 (definition 1) *musings = thoughts
- Each is as true today as it will always be, and for Nathaniel the music is both medicine and muse, no less an inspiration now than it was before his fall.
Chpt 1.12 (definition 2) *muse = source of inspiration
- Nathaniel plays Bach and Beethoven as if he's a young student again, the music filled with a sense of urgency and possibility. Every few minutes he turns toward the dresser, checking in with his mother and his muse.†
Chpt 2.20 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud
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(2) (muse as in: She was his muse) the source of an artist's inspiration - especially a person or mythological goddesseditor's notes: The 9 muses were the daughters of the Greek gods Zeus & Mnemosyne. Each of the muses was thought to inspire and preside over one of the arts.