Editing Muses (section)

== Modern use in the arts ==
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The Muses are explicitly used in modern English to refer to an artistic inspiration,<ref>{{OED|muse|id=124057}} Mainly 1b, 2</ref> as when one cites one's own artistic muse, and also implicit in words and phrases such as ''amuse'', ''museum'' (Latinised from {{Lang|grc-latn|mouseion}}—a place where the Muses were worshipped), ''music'', and ''musing upon''.<ref>''[[OED]]'' derives "amuse" from French ''a-'' ("from") and ''muser'', "to stare stupidly or distractedly".</ref> In current literature, the influential role that the Muse plays has been extended to the political sphere.<ref>Sorkin, Adam J. (1989) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Avf8SaqIAUIC ''Politics and the Muse. Studies in the Politics of Recent American Literature.''] Bowling Green State University Popular Press, Bowling Green OH.</ref>