Homer's invocation to the Muse means he is channeling information from the gods rather than merely creating it as an isolated author.
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Homer's invocation to the Muse means he is channeling information from the gods rather than merely creating it as an isolated author.
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"...So what he's doing is not creating, what he's doing is channeling. He's drawing inspiration from the gods, okay? When he's speaking to people,..."
"...blah, okay? He's a divine fire. He's a chat. He's just channeling God, okay? He's just a portal for God to speak with the..."
"...okay? So what they believe is that when they paint, they're channeling the power of the spirit world. It's not about us using our..."
"...different each time. Because each time, what I'm doing is I'm channeling a higher force and bringing it to you. But it is a..."
"...with a great idea through their imagination, through their intuition, by channeling the divine, okay? That's every single scientist, including Einstein, Newton. Yes? Wait,..."
"...I. What makes you God? Well, the answer is because I'm channeling God, okay? And historically, so, like, look at the early empires, the..."
"...in the Muslim imagination, it is a religious war, okay? It's channeling all that religious energy against your opponent, right? And the Crusades, even..."
"...peace. It was ultimately about mastering the secrets of the universe, channeling the power of God in order to create eternal peace, to bring..."
"...mother goddess. Okay, so it's almost like the mother goddess is channeling or herding the animals from the spirit world back into her own..."
"...was about celebrating their relationship with these animals as well as channeling their power, their energy, and their wisdom so that they could go..."
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