It’s just us again! We can’t believe we are already sending out Issue 4 of the Muse!
As we say over and over, it is our sincerest hope that you are finding inspiration in each Muse installment. As May begins to wind down and summer is on the horizon, ask yourself how the last couple of weeks have progressed as far as crafting your poetry. Do you feel like you have written more poems than usual? How much time are you taking to write (this includes journaling, etc., not just poetry)? When do you find that you are most inspired and productive? Early morning? Mid-afternoon? Late at night?
In an interesting book titled The Power of When, Dr. Michael Breus, a sleep specialist, suggests that the best time to be creative and to brainstorm new ideas is in “moments of groggy greatness”—before you go to bed, right after you wake up in the morning, and during the afternoon slump that happens around 3 or 4 pm. According to research, these groggy times are great for coming up with innovative and cr…