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Salutations.
I am JaiChai.
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As a noun, "Muse" means a person — especially a feminine fantasy or a real life woman — who is a source of artistic inspiration.
In mythology, the Muses were nine goddesses who symbolized the arts and sciences.
Today, a muse is a person who serves as an artist's inspiration.
Muses are conitional.
It is well-known that real life women were the "Muses" for almost all of Pablo Picasso's art.
But...
(The above post an updated version of: https://steemit.com/philosophy/@jaichai/ijch-something-to-ponder-conditional)
Believing that school was too boring, he dropped out of High School early; only to earn an AA, BS and MBA in less than 4 years much later in life – while working full-time as a Navy/Marine Corps Medic.
In spite of a fear of heights and deep water, he performed high altitude, free-fall parachute jumps and hazardous diving ops in deep, open ocean water.
After 24 years of active duty, he retired in Asia.
Since then, he's been a full-time, single papa and actively pursuing his varied passions (Writing, Disruptive Technology, Computer Science and Cryptocurrency - plus more hobbies too boring or bizarre for most folk).
He lives on an island paradise with his teenage daughter, longtime girlfriend and three dogs.