I have named my fictitious muse Amandine which means 'she who must be loved' and her story begins as a young orphaned girl. I find her at the age of 20 when her life is beginning the transformation from that of brokenness to that of wholeness; from worn and tattered to fresh and new; from restriction and barriers to unlimited freedom. This transformation comes as a result of the unconditional love she receives from a man. The two of them fall in love and make their own life in a beautiful cabin in the woods where they are free.
Amandine had never expected her life to alter. She had expected to remain an unloved orphan forever. However, her process of healing brings her to an unequalled appreciation for the simple freedoms of life which allow her to feel the wind in her hair and the sun on her face. She feels most at home in the out of doors which are so far removed from the confining orphanage in which she lived for so many years.
Amandine loves the woods. She loves to ride horses and bicycles and feel close to nature. She loves to read and allow her mind to roam free. In a similar vein, she also loves to pen her own thoughts and to capture the beauty around her with brushes and paints so that she never forgets. She feels her life has become a song since falling in love; a beautiful melody, and she endeavours to one day play the tune on her beloved piano.
Amandine also possesses a fascination for feathers and has taken to collecting them. The reasoning for this is quite simple -
Feathers remind her of birds.
Birds remind her of flight.
Flight reminds her of freedom.
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