Demise of a Muse

On one corner of my table, there is a small pile of newspaper clippings. I clipped those articles because I either wanted to write a comment to the columnist or in this blog. They became reminders of how little blogging/writing I have done in the past month. Well, I have not lost interest in those topics but the urgency to write has disappeared. I guess they will have to remain not verbalized and buried at the back of my mind and go through the slow process of demise.

I always tell my children and my husband to wait a few weeks whenever they say they are dying to buy a certain item. After 3 weeks, if the urgency to buy is still present, then we will make the purchase. Most of the time, especially with items my children demanded, the sense of need dissipated considerably. Sometimes by then they have another items they think they can't live without.

I wonder, what is the value of one's ideas or opinions if they lose their flavors after a few weeks? For some people it's the opportunity to share and enlighten others. For others it is to maintain its readers in rapt attention. For me, its a historical account of my muses which I would like to see again and again in the future.

That said, may be I will keep the clippings for now and hope to find the time to turn it over again in my head.