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Artists, writers, musicians — they are all in search of the elusive muse. Writer Mason Currey looked at the daily rituals of creative people throughout history to try and pinpoint what about their habits helped with the creative process. The Guardian’s Oliver Burkeman recently tested some of these rituals on himself.

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