ARTIST / noun / a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art.
MUSE / noun / a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.

AN EXPLORATION ON THE COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND THE MUSE / THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION / THE INSPIRED AND THE INSPIRATION.  

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Think: Who holds more power? Who is the crux of the creation? Who really benefits from the exchange? Ponder: The autocracy of the artist. The mythology of the muse. The cautious symbiosis. The ethics of it all. Consider: Andy Warhol & Edie Sedgwick. Francis Bacon & George Dyer. Salvador Dali & Gala Diakonova. Pablo Picasso & Dora Maar. Jean-Luc Godard & Anna Karina. David Wojnarowicz & Peter Hujar. Frida Kahlo & herself. And so, so many others.