Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can’t see any reason to change the formula now.
Chris Van Allsburg
I have always believed that good conversation was a chess game, good sex was like a dance and everything in this life is a muse. To kiss the muse is to embrace the good, the bad, and the ugly as divine inspiration. To celebrate 100 posts, I happily share with you a list created from the contributions of a very diverse group of people. 100 faces, 100 souls, 100 lives worth living. 100 reasons, 100 muses, 100 kisses. You will never decipher which is the single mom, the accomplished writer, the veteran, the big wig, the straight, the gay, the poor, the rich, the lone wolves. The muse touches all walks of life, with a delicate brush of pure lips to the heart – setting ideas and thoughts aflame. Seedlings growing from nothing into that which forces our world to move.
…There was a hiccup. Only 18 of the almost 125 people I messaged for input responded. I could be discouraged and say…I can’t complete the 100 kisses without help…but it’s the new year and a new mentality – nothing is going to stop me.
Without further ado, 100 kisses.
From me to you.
- The first time
- A beautiful woman
- Volunteering and selfless donations
- Music inspires me to be present in a community of sounds all speaking a piece of a whole truth.
- Learning from my past and not repeating the same mistakes and always trying my best in any situation.
- The fact that I’m a sinner, but was saved by grace. I’m constantly humbled by that fact.
- The strength i did not know i had. the struggles have taught me to survive when i didnt think i could and have pushed me to do better for myself. my strength allows me to be strong for myself and for others.
- My biggest inspiration and motivator is a fear of death. That once I’m gone nothing will be left of me but my words/ thoughts.
- The desire to take that idea in my head that I know will entertain.. and to give birth to it on the page. It’s as natural a desire, to me, as food or sex.
- Fear of being a failure. making sure i leave a legacy behind
- The only thing that inspires me to do better is my boys. If I couldn’t have a baby I think I would have fallen off the wagon.
- I’m inspired by two things, the only things I feel we need: Friends and Family
- Life inspires me. There is so much to learn, to experience, to see, to live, and so little time.
- the fear of failure, and the possibility of failure. That i wont achieve what i know i can and i will come up short of the person i want to be. I fear failure and what i will never have if i dont achieve.
- A warm summer day in the back yard. Drinking a can of Dr. Pepper and thinking about the projects I plan to tackle today.
- Someone who is so passionate about what they believe that they will die for it, understands why they believe it, and lives like they are on fire for it. That’s the kind of person I want to be.
- The way music can connect people in a way that words and emotions can’t. Ethereal chords that echo through one’s soul filling it with immense peace. Harmonies shared between people that say, “Your heart understands mine.”
- When I go to the park and swing I imagine my whole life ok stable an free
- Laying on someones chest while they hold me, while listening to their heartbeat. For some reason hearing that makes me forget the bad, at least for that moment. Makes me appreciate the little things more.
- Sex
- Power
- Fame
- Money
- Italy
- Fine Cuisine
- Down Home Cooking
- Bare feet
- A cool spring evening
- A rainy afternoon
- A snowy day, curled in a blanket
- The moon
- The sun
- The stars
- Books
- Writers
- Painters
- Dancers
- Musicians
- Actors/Actresses
- Cinema
- Theatre
- Falling in love
- Breaking up
- Tears
- Broken glass
- Thunder
- Lightening
- A crack in the pavement
- History
- Pain
- Tragedy
- Butterflies
- The ocean
- The mountains
- A field of flowers
- Rainbows
- Animals
- Children
- Fire
- Life itself
- Death…in its entirety
- Sunrises
- Sunsets
- Philosophy
- Theology
- Silence
- A blank journal
- Beating drums
- Culture
- Spirituality
- Sexuality
- Tomorrow
- Laughter
- Sunflowers
- The number 13
- A scream
- Crayola Crayons
- Yesterday
- Bright lights
- Sirens
- Crashing waves
- Crumpled paper
- Clean white sheets
- The scent of a loved one on an old shirt
- A bodily scar
- An emotional one
- Rose petals
- Fireflies
- Memories
- Waterfalls
- A wrapped present
- An empty box
- Liquid courage
- Temptation
- A deep sigh
- Words unspoken
- Dreams
- A smile
- A frown
- The last time…
Cover me in kisses, cover me in inspiration
one and the same. Here’s to 100 more.
~Sklylah
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