The Muses of ancient Greece were often described as being inspirational to men in their artistic pursuits, but what would it have been like to BE a Muse? Or to have the gift of art and creation? To be one for one's self, to be one's OWN Muse? The Muse Instinct is the equivalent of the male, Dionysus Instinct combined with the Apollo Instinct - a woman's creative gifts. Yet, if we were to seek romance, what would it also be like, as a secondary effect, to have a gift for inspiring others, through our art? To maximize that inspirational, impassioning appeal to a romantic interest, even if we were the master artist to their aspiring one?
The Muses are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology, like the male, Apollo. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric songs, and myths that were related orally for centuries in these ancient cultures.
In current English usage, "muse" can refer in general to a person who inspires an artist, musician, or writer.
The Muses were both the embodiments and sponsors of performed speech, with "music-like" qualities. Others included Science, Geography, Mathematics, Philosophy, and especially Art, Drama, and inspiration. In the archaic period, before the widespread availability of books, this included nearly all of learning.
The Muses were "the key to the good life"; since they brought both prosperity and friendship. And so the Muse Instinct is the "richness of art and education" that a woman brings to her own life and that of others, including her romantic interest.