"You've heard the term, "Laughter is the best medicine, right?" Wisdom can't do that for you." Another sip. "Laughter is scientifically proven to cure diseases and prolong your life span - look at George Burns, he was ancient, even by immortal standards, when he passed on. It injects stale ideas with fresh, creative fire - and they stop you from taking yourself too seriously which is death for any artist." She sips her tea. They allow you to re-frame an old situation or problem in new ways. Want to know why? Comedy and laughter make new things grow. But wisdom is cold and logical it will not cheer you on a dark day - and knowing too much about the world can be awfully depressing! Wit - comedy, and it's natural accompaniment, laughter can save your life." "Wisdom and wit are of equal measure they each have a place in the world. She giggles, then makes eyes at a cute college boy drinking chai at the counter. She's talking loudly, in a brassy Brooklyn accent, an irresistible voice that makes all the other customers turn their heads. "I'm not here to talk about Jane Austen," I interrupt, scandalized. And speaking of too tight, what she really needed was a good-"
"Ha! What does she know? She was a dried-up old Victorian broad who couldn't even giggle because her corset was too tight. "Jane Austen once said, 'Wisdom is better than wit,' I believe," she begins. I'm on a deadline, and I suspect that if I sipped that tea, I'd wind up in New York City with her. I don't touch it, being by now a little wary of drinking or eating anything a Muse offers. She has ordered mugs of hot tea for both of us, and is sipping through the steam. She somehow manages to look sexy, mysterious and alluring, despite the fact that she's wearing a red clown nose. She has long, wavy brown hair and is dressed in bell-bottomed jeans and a flowered cowboy shirt. She kvetches a bit, then finally agrees to meet me in my favorite coffee-shop in Durango. Remembering Terpsichore's wild ride, I decline, letting her know I'm on a tight deadline. Thalia, Athenian Muse of Comedy, tries to entice me to join her at a comedy club in New York City. Anderson-Childers | Updated April 28, 2019 Invoking the 9 Greek Muses Tea-time with Thalia the Flourishing Invoking the Muse of Comedy - humor and laughter make new things grow.īy Molly J.
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