During a visit to the Yale University Art Gallery, the scalawag
Jonathan Caws-Elwitt gave an impromptu tour of the muses:
1. The Muse of Getting High and Really Digging That Ping-Pong Ball.
2. The Muse of Miming a Melody When It's Obvious Your Instrument Doesn't Actually Have Any Strings.
3. The Muse of Being Interrupted Yet Again While Trying to Read the Goddamn Paper, but It's OK Because Your Kid Made You a Laurel Wreath and How Sweet Is That?
4. The Muse of Getting Really Bored with Your Agricultural Tasks.
5. The Muse of Ruining Your Own Painting by Touching the Canvas with Your Thumb.
6. The Muse of Wondering What Happened to the Other Dramatic Mask from Your Matched Set.
7. The Muse of Trying to Practice Your Scales but Getting Sidetracked by a Kid Who Has Unrolled All the Toilet Paper.
8. The Muse of Getting Frustrated by the Fact That It's Really Difficult to Draw Continental Landforms Accurately in Two Dimensions, When It Really Requires a Sphere to Render Them Properly.
9. The Muse of Regretting That You Agreed to Look at Your Friend's Manuscript.
