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What inspire/s you, I wonder?
Posted by footiam • 12/28/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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What inspire/s you? In the newspaper today, I read that a shopping mall decoration which won a grand prize in my country was inspired by a book. Feel free to look at the decoration at steptpg.blogspot.com
P.S. This is not shameless Blog promotion.
I am more interested in what inspire/s a person.
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It depends on what's being inspired.
For things with a deadline, the (concern? fear?) of what will happen if I don't finish on schedule.
One of my blogs is inspired by my daily dives through the Web. There's an amazing and fascinating wealth of pages out there - as well as a great deal of dross. But I ignore that part.
The seemingly inexhaustibly vast capacity of people, individually and collectively, for genius and nitwittery, courage and alternative responses to stress, and all the rest of the human condition, inspires me to keep coming back to my ongoing project of creating a work of fiction that someone will want to read.
Another blog is inspired by my concern over what what I trust is a tiny element of Islam's efforts to impose their beliefs by force.
Yet another blog is inspired by my memories of angst-riddled, self-important wannabe artists I met during my college days. The problem with that one is that it's surprisingly hard for me to get in the right frame of mind for it lately.
Whoa! That was a long response.
Which brings me to another of my inspirations: I like to talk, and by extension, to write.-
Thanks for the long response. Enjoy reading it.
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my wife & kids... -
the American Gladiators -
Lace was hot.
Happiness first and a little $ in the bank is ok, too-
gross! lace was not hot! she sucked so bad at every event... the best was in break through and concur or powerball when contestants would just run straight through her! lol
siren was hot...
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40 paws (attached to the cats....) flying around the house
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The thought of making some self-righteous Fundamentalist Christian cry because I made them question their beliefs by pointing out historical facts often inspires me to write.-
there's an article out there about some guy who followed the rules in the bible for a year... i remember reading some on it and i laughed so hard... you might like that read if you haven't seen it yet...
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There's a book about it, too. I saw it in the Humor section of Barnes & Noble
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Swany, do please leave the link to the said article . Would like to laugh hardto.
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Thanks Swany. I have checked up the main site. I didn't laugh hard but yes, it's funny to the extend that it's absurd. Thanks! Should like to live like that for a year too!
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exactally.. absurd, but interesting... i couldn't do it... rather...wouldn't want to do it...
..well... i would like to magically get impregnated.. that'd woek out for me real well!-
I know what you mean, Swany. I would not just want to be impregnated magically. That sounds like you still need someone to make it happen. I want to carry out binary fission like an amoeba!
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Don't the Franciscans do that all the time? Live by the rules in the Bible, that is.
Anyway, it's not 'magically get impregnated.' It's Divine intervention. The virgin birth and all that. And it only happened once. (Extremely special case.)
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Money is a nice motivator. I'd like to have some money right now.
I'm also inspired by stories of good vs evil. Epics are cool.
And of course my faith. I think just about all my stories end up with some bit of Christianity in them. (Some more so than others.)-
Money motivates a lot of people!
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Money never motivated me .. achieving something does .. the money comes by itself.
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Catherine Benincasa of Sienna inspires me.
She was fearless. She wasn't afraid "to speak truth to power". She had backbone, intelligence, cared for people and proved it with her life, as she did proving her love for God. She only lived to be 33 years old, but altered lives and changed history in those brief years.
She said,
'When we are whom we are called to be, we will set the world ablaze.'
'Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.'-
Wow. That's incredible.
I wonder if it's a coincidence that she died at the same age Jesus was when He died? -
Read about her Brigid .. you'll get the feeling that it was beyond coincidental. But she lived more life in those 33 years than many would ever live in 333 years.
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Music, colors, sunsets, cats: these are my favorite muses. I always come up with creative art ideas when i encounter any of these.-
Music inspires a lot of people. I think it is relaxing.
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Here in the good old U.S. of A. the "Silly Season" is coming up, Presidential election. As I write on con men all the time, and see close parallels to politicians, this is real inspiration to me to keep exposing con man tactics. -
Other blogs inspire me! Also, television, books (especially trips to the local library), and radio (NPR) are incredibly inspiring!-
Yes, Gosmelltheflowers inspires me to post highlights of 2007. Do log in steptpg.blogspot.com for that!
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Recently I found the picking up a good book will do the trick. I was struck with writers block until I picked up a book and read some of it, I didn't get far because I was inspired to work on a post for my weekly blog.-
A Book always helps, yes!
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a lot of things. a good book, a great movie, a nice song. a new idea. a great conversation. a strangers smile. legos. too many to list here. -
A meme inspires me! dhammadelights.blogspot.com/2008/01/reincarnation-or-rebirth.html
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Life inspires me. Sometimes it takes something life changing to make you realise just how amazing our life is. I now enjoy every second of my life and that inspires me.
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Birds singing, crickets chirping, flowers anything peaceful.-
I find nature inspiring too!
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Everything and anything, something will trigger it and I need to put it into visual form. The love of how something looks, anger, news, beauty, colour, a word, an issue, a phrase, an event.
I wanted my daughter to apologize for something and she wouldn't (not a serious argument or anything) and I told her she would eat crow. I made a painting of her with a 3D image of her tongue sticking out and dangling from her tongue was a wire and at the end canvas crow I painted. The painting was named the Apology, and we laugh about it every time we see it. I got my apology. -
I knew there had to be a story. Every artist has a story.
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Sometimes it's things going wrong; one of my favorite blog entries, "Lament of the Generic Villain", was a result of having had a very, very bad day, and of me going into a rant on how it was almost enough to drive me evil, only I knew perfectly well how it would end. Somewhere in the middle of this, my boyfriend tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Use that." -
I get inspired randomly lol I love stopping to smell the roses and seeing where it leads me =) -
What inspires me? hmmmm, well if it isnt Teague, oh who's Teague you ask, he's the leprechaun that lives in my ears. If it isnt some mythological creature then it would probably be my guitar. When I play it ideas just start popping up where they then ooze out of my head and splash land on paper where I then post them up for your reading pleasure.
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The guitar would be good enough!
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I love how you put that! "Splash land on paper" etc. You are a awesome visual writer..
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Working with homeless people and volunteering, really inspired me and opened my eyes just how difficult life is for some people and how good my life just is. Its awesome to see people with so little who would still give their last possession to help another being. -
the film shawshank redemption
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Didn't see the film; but see it for some inspiration!
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my family-
You must have a great family! Good for you!
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When I read about entrepreneurs who made it big starting from scratch. -
Jesus, my family, and my surroundings!
(I consider the disabled children I foster as part of my family)-
Jesus! That's great!
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Nature (in SO many ways,) my husband & nephews, hearing that a distant friend is coming to visit, when I'm commended at work, when I do well, artistically (sell a painting, get a photo published in the paper, win an award, etc., etc.)-
Nature always inspires!
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Life, society, surroundings ...
... if we look around there are enough things that are inspirational.-
I suppose so.
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Much of my inspiration is from quietness. The Lakota were right, I think. Silence is the mother of truth. -
Riding the bus really makes me think..-
That's great. It removes the boredom of traveling.
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i see you....
this is like a game for me
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See you too! How are you today? Anything inspires you?
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I get my inspirations from a beautiful song or a piece of classical music, or photo/painting, or after reading a thought-provoking book/article. Seasons inspire me, too, as they bring certain moods and thoughts. I also get inspired by reading a recipe or a smell or look of particular food or dish. So I guess, I am inspired by life around me. -
The occasional thought of wanting to be doing something usually gets me inspired. -
my 2 kids and family.. whew-
They must be beautiful kids!
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My parents, my brother, my devotion to the Divine Mercy and my dogs.-
It's great to be able to be inspired by so many people!
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I get my inspiration from my desire to give back to the world. I've had a hard live growing up as a child,this went on well into my young adult years. Thats when I finally began to put the correct pieces of the puzzle together. So now at the age of 56 years old I want to help the younger generation to not make the same mistakes I did.-
That's very thoughtful. It makes life worthwhile living even with all the warts.
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I am inspired by my yoga master-
I wish I have a good yoga master!
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in news papers... cool editorial writeups
they can give me some awesome ideas
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