{"id":15419,"date":"2011-08-22T09:29:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T07:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15419"},"modified":"2011-08-22T09:29:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T07:29:55","slug":"my-muse-is-not-a-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/22\/my-muse-is-not-a-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"My muse is not a horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/11\/08\/nick-caves-letter-to-mtv\">kottke.org<\/a> I&#8217;ve learned about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nick-cave.com\/mtv\/mtv.shtml\">this letter that Nick Cave wrote to MTV back in 1996<\/a>. \u00a0I like this bit in particular (sorry for the caps &#8211; they aren&#8217;t mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MUSE IS A DELICATE ONE AT THE BEST OF TIMES AND I FEEL THAT IT IS MY DUTY TO PROTECT HER FROM INFLUENCES THAT MAY OFFEND HER FRAGILE NATURE.<\/p>\n<p>SHE COMES TO ME WITH THE GIFT OF SONG AND IN RETURN I TREAT HER WITH THE RESPECT I FEEL SHE DESERVES &#8211; IN THIS CASE THIS MEANS NOT SUBJECTING HER TO THE INDIGNITIES OF JUDGEMENT AND COMPETITION. 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