The Search for Inspirado

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by wesmorris, Dec 12, 2003.

  1. wesmorris Nerd Overlord - we(s):1 of N Valued Senior Member

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    What was the last thing that inspired you?

    I think my kids are inspiring. They're phenomenally cool to me.

    Hmm.. I suppose a lot of things are in a lot of different ways.

    What gets you going? Can it be found intentionally? Can you explain how it works for YOU? Whassup?
     
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  3. gendanken Ruler of All the Lands Valued Senior Member

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    Espejos.
     
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  5. gendanken Ruler of All the Lands Valued Senior Member

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    Life, Earth, and the written word.



    (Come on folks, hop to. What inspires you?)
     
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  7. Varelse Registered Member

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    You can't manufacture inspiration. That would be wrong. It would be false.

    It arises from a stillness... a quietude. When the heart and the soul mingle and, oh man, they do the dance.

    I think I just swallowed a bug.
     
  8. otheadp Banned Banned

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    i'd like to think of inspiration as wind in the sea.

    sometimes the sea is calm.....but sometimes the wind is just so strong.. and it pulls you to all directions.. you grab your surf board and catch a wave, and ride it... squeeze it until there's no wind left.

    the wind comes out of nowhere. it's beyond your control.
    when i want to sit down and write / compose, nothing comes to me...
    but sometimes i'd be on the bus or meet a nice girl....or read the news of the world and inspiration hits me like a tsunami.

    i met a girl a month ago and since then my i'm full of inspiration
     
  9. Mephura Applesauce, bitch... Valued Senior Member

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    Inspirado..Nice wes.
    you the man.

    Alot of things inspire me. Infact anything can inspire me. Lately, a certain rotteness has inspired me.
    But, in general, numbers, the way people interact, thought, impressionist paintings, music of all types (especially good jazz and blues). life is inspirational in and of itself.

    I also find alot of inspiration in my family. Some of them inspire me to be more than what I am. Others inspire me to be anything but what they are.
     
  10. Bells Staff Member

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    Hmmm what inspires me...

    The colour of the sky just at sunset as the sky turns this amazing blue and the reflection of the setting sun on the clouds turns it into a myriad of colours... nothing like it and makes me want to run to my paintbrushes and watercolours to get it down on paper.

    A beautiful piece of art.

    My other half

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    ... Being with him makes me want to be a better person.. corny I know..

    My family... without them I wouldn't be where I am today.

    The sea just before a storm hits.

    The sky as a storm hits... when the clouds are such a violent colour as the lightning bolts hit the ground.

    Actually, anything and just about everything can be inspiring. You know it's inspiring as it inspires you... if that makes sense. Inspiration can and does come in many forms and the inspiration can occur at any time or any place. For instance, driving inspires me. Reading human rights articles and books inspire me in my studies. These may not be inspiring to others, but to me they are.


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  11. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    Beethoven, but any good music is a great inspiration. Good quality books are also another way to keep me going which include poems to read as well. Some movies like Gone With The Wind , Citizen Kane, and Dr. Zhivago to name but a few. The theater with live plays are also a great inspiration when done well like Cats, Les Miserable and A Chorus Line. Nature is another great inspiration for watching it and enjoying all it has to offer cannot bring greater inspiration. These are but a few things that can and do inspire me.
     
  12. Ozymandias Unregistered User Registered Senior Member

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    *shrug* I can't really think of much that inspires me. Good poetry, maybe? The rain! Ooh, that's one.

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  13. NightFall Lazy Hedonist Valued Senior Member

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    fear.


    particularly the fear of loosing my student loan if i dont finish my classes.. which then triggers a bigger fear, wich is fear of more debt, which triggers the greatest fear of all- dad.

    fear is pretty powerful.

    like i always say, "you'll be suprised what you can do when you have no choice. "
     
  14. gendanken Ruler of All the Lands Valued Senior Member

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    Gendanken said:

    "Espejos"

    Disclaimer: Don't take this to be vain. The straightest dope should be that thing you see in the mirror. If its not, you're a coward.
     
  15. sargentlard Save the whales motherfucker Valued Senior Member

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    The other guy....he always inspires me......yup, as soon he becomes better I have to out do him in his own game but the problem is to outshine him takes time but as soon as he leaves so does the inspiration and I go back to square one.
     
  16. Mucker Great View! Registered Senior Member

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    The world, the way it works, and all it has to offer.
     
  17. cthulhus slave evil servant Registered Senior Member

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    inspired to do what?
    when i get a suden urge to grab a pencle or paint and make a work of art its usualy from a nightmare i had, i see the coolest things in my nightmares. a few days ago i had a dream with a big bonfire and these demon/zombie things around it chewing on the bones of my friends and i just woke at 2 am and drew it.

    when a song gets stuck in my head from no where, just forms in there lyrics and all, its usualy from nothing at all. its 6 am, or some other inconvinant time, im in the shower or just sitting in the woods drinking a cup of coffee, and it just starts forming in my head. il start huming a tune that im making up for no reason, then il start to hear the melodies, and the pounding of drumbs, and diferant instraments, then before i know whats hapening im singing a song ive never heard before with a symphony no one else heres playing along. then il run to my compy open the midi editor and mess with notes till i get them just like the song, then write it down somewhere.

    or if its insiperation to just go do somthing totaly random than its usualy to impress someone, or because im bored. i once built a life sze trebochet. i was playing age of kings and thought "that doesnt look too complicated. hell, i could probably do that!". and so i did! although it was actualy quite complicated...

    or if im just totaly angry, depressed, happy, or any emotion i sit down and write a poem. i almost always burn them imediatly afterwords, but sometimes theyr realy good.

    im alot more creative than i let you know....
     
  18. storni topological frog Registered Senior Member

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    Knowing that every action of mine is half chance, just as everyone else's.

    Nature as well.
     
  19. Pollux V Ra Bless America Registered Senior Member

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    I just don't want to risk the possibility of there not being an afterlife.
     
  20. Yes Registered Senior Member

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    Music, art, ideas....
     
  21. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    You know sometimes I don't get any inspirations at all , come to think about this question, and I come up with some pretty good ideas "out of the blue" so to say.
     

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