Muses Inspired Tilda Pinkerton

Tilda Pinkerton first appeared to me in a prayer meditation.  I asked the muses to give me an idea.  I believe we all have a muse or muses to tap into. You can call it divinely inspired or angelic or guided.

Muse  (myz)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin Msa, from Greek Mousa; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: The Muse has inspired English poetry since Chaucer invoked her in 1374. Muse comes from Latin Msa, from Greek Mousa. There are Greek dialect forms msa and moisa, and all three come from an original *montya. As to the further origins of this form, a clue is provided by the name of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory and mother of the Muses. Her name is the Greek noun mnmosun “memory,” which comes from *mn-, an extended form of the Greek and Indo-European root *men-, “to think.” This is the root from which we derive amnesia (from Greek), mental (from Latin), and mind (from Germanic). The reconstructed form *montya that is the ancestor of Greek Mousa could then mean something like “having mental power.”

muse  (myz)

I wanted the muses to inspire me with something I could write for kids seeing that I got recognized all the time as Safe Side Superchick.

Throughout my career, I have requested help from the muse.  Whenever I have listened, the work has gone forward as if on a train that even I have to keep up with.  Whenever I have not listened or gone against my gut instinct, things seem to fall apart.

At the time I was in the process of dealing with a contractual nightmare on a screenplay that I had not listened to my gut on.  I was trying to force a square peg into a round hole so to speak.   There was nothing I could do about the contract, it was out of my hands and frustrating.  You’d be amazed how some people sabotage their success in this world and will go to great lengths to do it too!  It was so aggravating to sit back and watch someone throw a movie out the window simply because they did not understand how Hollywood worked.  But I could only voice my opinion and give my advice while I watched the movie not get made.  It was beyond depressing really.

I was sitting in my bedroom with a wonderful view of the ocean at the time (now I look out onto a mountain range) and I decided to do a meditation.  I needed to clear my head and let go of my angst.  Once my mind was clearer, I asked my muses (I believe I have a few up there) what I should write next.  I asked to please be given an idea that was mine that I could carry through to a book, movie, TV show or all of the above.  Then I listened.

To my surprise I heard in a wonderful English accent – “Tilda Pinkerton collects hats.”  That was it.  It was that simple.  My eyes popped open and I said aloud – “I love it, tell me more.” Then I heard “Whenever Tilda Pinkerton gives you a hat, you can be or do whatever you ever wanted.”

The rest you’ll have to read about in the Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton.  But let’s just say my writing was guided.  I’ll leave it at that.