enJOY it

One of the blogs that I read posed the question:

"What inspires you?  In your life?  In your day?  In your art?"

I freeflowed.  And got this:

Life: I want to understand things. I want to be knowledgeable. I want to connect ideas and determine why things do or do not make sense. I am inspired by stuff that makes me think. By seeing something and thinking “Wow. I wish I could do that.” And then I try to do it. By hearing a good speech. By getting goosebumps. By realizing that others have passions that I cannot even begin to understand. I am inspired when I get good news. I am inspired when I talk to people.  I collect information that seems to be leading me somewhere. I just do not know where yet. I am inspired to keep trying to get wherever it is I am going and yet, I am more inspired knowing that wherever it is does not exist.

Day: I am inspired by breakfast. And getting up and going downstairs. And opening the newspaper and reading about people and business and events.  I am inspired by advertisements. I am inspired by my to-do list. By my daily activities. By class discussions. By seeing what other people are wearing. By laying on the floor and wasting time and listening to the girls talk about what they did, or want to do. 

Art: I am inspired by color. Ultimately. It all comes down to color. The way that it fits together. The way that it plays. The way that it encourages emotion. I am inspired by design. True design. Design that goes deeper than shapes to convey meaning and drive home a point. I am inspired by other artists. By their work. By the way that they can create such amazing things. By the way they write and seem to live their lives. I am inspired by photographs. By the people in them. I am inspired by this blog that I can never completely fill up. I am inspired by empty space. I am inspired to start a project because the feeling when I finish it…when I am proud of it…is inspiration.