Inspiration

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door. - Emily Dickinson

Song for today: Rebirthing by Skillet

What inspires you?

I have to have inspiration to write - whether from feelings, a beautiful picture, or a song. Mostly a combination of the three is needed to produce something worthwhile.

I think it is interesting that we cannot create in a vacuum. We weren't created that way. We need something beside ourselves to help us bring something else to life.

I wish I could be inspired to do homework. Now there's something I desperately need. As I approach the end of my first extension course, I think with distaste on my choice to take another one next semester. It hasn't been the best experience. I appreciate not having to sit in a classroom, being quite the daydreamer, but I also don't like all the extra work loaded onto those of us who, people assume, show more "responsibility" because we are taking it on ourselves to complete all this work on time. It's a weird occurrence.

But back to inspiration -

The other thing is that you can't produce it yourself - you can't force yourself to be inspired. It comes in little flashes, like glimpsing something on the other side of the curtain, just for a moment. It might be something beautiful, something sad, or even something a little bit scary. You just never know when it's going to hit.

I like being inspired.

I hope to be inspired often.