Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never tire of it.—Robert DaviesInspiration, a topic I haven’t explored on our blog much recently, but so valuable.
Sometimes it loudly manifests itself after seeing, hearing, and feeling the world around us, yet often it comes from within, but even then it must be originating and building upon cultural baggage that we aren’t even aware of.
*My daughter, usually a music making nut, picked up a paint brush recently, and created some pretty cool paintings. I’d like to think that she may have been inspired by me (wishful motherly thinking probably). Her painting above actually reminds me of a picture on the blog of a favorite cartoonist of mine, and makes me wonder if she was inspired by that?
The ease in which she created the painting inspired me; the act of painting, not planning, not sketching it out first—just acting. [see painting above]
*Literarily inspiring to me right now is William B. Irvine’s A Guide to the Good Life [the ancient art of stoic joy], and I mention this because I have a sneaking suspicion I am not alone in my partiality to stoicism.
*Heather. Heather is inspiring to me. She just told me some of the ideas she has for some new works, and I’m (not gonna lie) miffed I didn’t think of these ideas myself. [Not really. I can’t wait to see her bring these ideas to visual life].
*Music—ever inspiring. If you read our blog, this may be redundant, but http://www.kexp.org/ is always a hidden factor in all of my work, and may be for you too. Better go, listen, and find out for yourself.
I just wanted to give a little thought to inspiration, and try to be better about sharing links to those who are inspiring me.
(jen)
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