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StillettoDoll 01-12-2011 06:01 AM

Where do you find creative inspirations?
 
Everybody's creative process is different, what gets you inspired?
As a creative type I am always looking for someone or something to
fuel the fire. theres a saying" Fire dies without tinder" and "No one build a cabinet by bare hands alone". I often get creative block , I guess that the same as writers block?....
They tell me all the time that I am very creative person , but most of the time I really dont see it.
I am always looking for inspiration & freshness ,and my orginality.
What got your creative juices flowing today or anyday?

:wateringgarden::badcook::chemist::knitboy:
:artist:

katsarecool 01-12-2011 06:58 AM

It doesn't take much for me anymore to be inspired. As a visual artist I am constantly looking for images that strike my fancy. Either in print form or plein aire. In fact, I do not have enough time to get everything on canvas or paper that pleases me. I think this is because for so many years (most of my life) I was raising children in combination with working and it left little time for daydreaming or creating either. Great topic by the way!

asphaltcowboi 01-12-2011 07:54 AM

in the garage with a welder/cutting torch and some scrap metal and old parts/nut bolts,whatever.

little man 01-12-2011 09:35 AM

i have a tendency to just stumble upon beautiful things. i shoot as i go.

for conceptual stuff, many/most ideas come from conversations with people. i tend to think in images anyway, and a phrase or idea will manifest in my head as an image. i have a ton of those right now...i'm only lacking models and locations. i do sometimes envy those of you who can draw. would be so much easier if i could just pull stuff from my head and put it on paper.

with the wood design and building, much of it is of necessity...i just make things i need.

great thread idea, stilletto!

Gemme 01-12-2011 06:52 PM

Looking at the past work of the penpal thread participants can jumpstart my creative juices. I'm a referential artist and often get inspiration from other artists' work.

Miss Scarlett 01-12-2011 07:24 PM

A little trick I learned several years ago (from someone far more talented than I will ever hope to be) is to walk away from whatever you are working on. He told me to go in as opposite a direction as possible. Look at what is around you. There's so much beauty and you only have one set of eyes so do more than just look - breathe it in, taste it, wrap yourself in it, feel it, let it speak to you.

Whether writing or drawing this process has yet to fail me.

DomnNC 01-12-2011 07:35 PM

Quite simply, life is my inspiration.

afixer 01-12-2011 08:02 PM


it happens outside

Corkey 01-12-2011 08:29 PM

From the simple beauty that is Nature.

StillettoDoll 01-13-2011 05:17 AM

I have in the pass , referred to alot of history books, mostly art books. I love to read art biographies. I actually get inspired by paper, perferbly handmade paper
Because I"m a soapmaker I read alot about the origins of scents, plants and flowers , perfume history, aromatherapy, ingredients, art style, .
My photography skills are not that great , I almost spend as much time trying to take pictures of them as I do making soap.
Going to post a picture in the gallery of a soap set I made awhile back , when i discovered the artist Mucha, he inspired me.
(I don't know how to post my pics on a thread)
http://images-partners-tbn.google.co...beck_thumb.jpghttp://images-partners-tbn.google.co...ucha/muse.jpeg
Thanks everyone for your input.

key 01-13-2011 06:07 AM

for better or worse
 
I do art to impress the ladies. Well it is a blend of wooing a loved one and processing all the stuff that comes up for me in relationship. My work is emotion based. I want to be able to conjur up those inspirational emotions on my own. I think that would be a very good thing. Either that or date more often! I really want to start painting and writing again.

Admin 01-20-2011 07:46 PM

test test test

Gemme 01-21-2011 01:01 AM

Is that like practice, practice, practice or an actual test? Or are you secretly a mad scientist?

Curiosity reigns tonight....:thinking:...

sharkchomp 01-21-2011 01:58 AM

I have to agree with Miss Scarlet. I have a story I've been working on for a long long time. I got writers block so bad. I would just sit and stare at the computer screen, sometimes for hours. It was so frustrating. So I just stopped. Cold. I left it for a long long time and then I reread what I had written and BAM! There was also a time where I had to bring it all together and figure out how I was going to write a segment that was fairly complex. I was over thinking it and I knew that was my problem so I kindly scraped all of those ideas and relaxed. Then BAM - it came to me and it practically wrote itself!

I think the key here is to relax and let the ideas come naturally. I don't think one can force an idea out of their brain. Breath, relax, focus on something far from whatever it is that you're doing and BAM! you'll be inspired.

Good luck!
~~~shark~~~~~~~~

StillettoDoll 01-23-2011 05:28 AM

I just wanted to mention...That there is a whole world of aromatheraphy of scents , that are great for creativity, I really like the Feng shui scents especially Feng shui water which is great for creativity . and yes I do make that soap,
Other scent that I have read that are great are Neroli , Jasmine, bergamot , frankincense, sandlewood , geranium .


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One of the most overlooked creativity building influences that we can control is, in my opinion and experience, the use of fragrance in the studio or beading area. Fragrance is a pathway to creativity, a subtle but very powerful mental stimulant, proven to help foster a sense of well being, energy and creativity. Adding fragrance to a room or area can help us in more ways than we may anticipate.

If that's not enough, take it from the experts. Baudelaire, the French writer, was passionate about essential oils and so was Leonardo da Vinci, who was famed for surrounding himself with perfumes, especially neroli. Even Shakespeare's father was a glover who used excessive amounts of essential oils. Could this have been the contributing factor to the creation of 39 plays, 154 sonnets and countless poems?


Read more at Suite101: Essential oils to increase your creativity http://www.suite101.com/content/boost-your-creativity-with-essential-oils-a287503#ixzz1BrAZUFUB

StillettoDoll 03-02-2011 05:51 AM

Just wanted to share My thoughts on a play I saw over the weekend which was called A weekend with Pablo Picasso. If you artist people ever get a chance to see it , please do , It was soooo loaded with creative inspirations , I was like taking a art and art philosophy class with Pablo! I went away from this performance ready to create , understand why I need to create. It was very good.

http://images-partners-tbn.google.co...g%3F1295672645
Two scenes from the play
http://www.29-95.com/files/images/picasso.JPGhttp://www.alleytheatre.org/images/A...ll_fighter.jpg
http://www.tilevera.com/tile_envy/wp...o-picasso1.jpg

blackboot 03-02-2011 06:22 AM

Some of my most vivid creativity comes to me in dreams.

weatherboi 03-02-2011 08:09 AM

i find creative inspiration from a good ole charlie sheen quote!!! cause that shit is funny!!!!!
:mohawk:

Passionaria 03-02-2011 04:55 PM

Laughing, I'm sure this is no surprise, but from my emotions and feelings. I have a big imagination, and when you combine feelings and imagination the river spills forth. Especially when it comes to writing.


EnderD_503 03-04-2011 11:03 AM

I'm usually inspired by artwork that is surreal either in a horrific or fantastic way. For example, the cover art from H.P. Lovecraft's Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre, graphics from the most recent Alice in Wonderland film, or the Cirque du Soleil's Journey of Man.

I think its more the effects of writing, artwork or film that provides some kind of sublimity, a peek into something that stretches belief and the imagination.

I get that same feeling when reading Lovecraft's short stories, or Clive Barker's novels, Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana, Brian Lumley's Necroscope and others in the fantasy, sci-fi, horror vein.

Others are films that have some surreal feel to them, like the aforementioned Alice in Wonderland, as well as Finding Neverland, Pan's Labyrinth, Dead Poet's Society etc.

Basically anything that uses surreal, otherworldly or colourful use of language, images and ideas.

Gemme 03-04-2011 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weatherboi (Post 293390)
i find creative inspiration from a good ole charlie sheen quote!!! cause that shit is funny!!!!!
:mohawk:

Well, a 10,000 year old alien brain is sure to have some sort of creative output, right?

:blink:

StillettoDoll 04-17-2011 05:52 AM

creative quotes
 
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou

You become more divine as you become more creative. All the religions of the world have said God is the creator. I don’t know whether he is the creator or not, but one thing I know: the more creative you become, the more godly you become. When your creativity comes to a climax, when your whole life becomes creative, you live in God. So he must be the creator because people who have been creative have been closest to him. Love what you do. Be meditative while you are doing it – whatsoever it is!” — Osho

“Every day is an opportunity to be creative – the canvas is your mind, the brushes and colours are your thoughts and feelings, the panorama is your story, the complete picture is a work of art called, ‘my life’. Be careful what you put on the canvas of your mind today – it matters.” — Innerspace

http://images-partners-tbn.google.co...esCAOR71FI.jpghttp://www.beautifullife.info/wp-con...0/02/19/15.jpg

femmedyke 06-03-2011 11:52 PM

For the Artist at the Start of Day

May morning be astir with the harvest of night;
Your mind quickening to the eros of a new question,
Your eyes seduced by some unintended glimpse
That cut right through the surface to a source.

May this be a morning of innocent beginning,
When the gift within you slips clear
Of the sticky web of the personal
With its hurt and its hauntings,
And fixed fortress corners,

A Morning when you become a pure vessel
For what wants to ascend from silence,

May your imagination know
The grace of perfect danger,

To reach beyond imitation,
And the wheel of repetition,

Deep into the call of all
The unfinished and unsolved

Until the veil of the unknown yields
And something original begins
To stir toward your senses
And grow stronger in your heart

In order to come to birth
In a clean line of form,
That claims from time
A rhythm not yet heard,
That calls space to
A different shape.

May it be its own force field
And dwell uniquely
Between the heart and the light

To surprise the hungry eye
By how deftly it fits
About its secret loss.

~ John O'Donohue ~

Diva 06-04-2011 01:12 AM

I'm not sure HOW I missed this thread! I love it! Thanks, Doll, for starting it!

When I wrote a lot, and had writer's block, I just had to walk away from it....lol...I had PM's saying, "Well? WELL?!?!?!" and I KNOW there are several stories on that other site that have pieces of mine that are yet unfinished! I know it's frustrating for the reader.....equally frustrating to me, if not moreso.

My painting? I'm inspired by a myriad of things.....I repped blackboot because there have been times when I have been awakened by a dream and gotten up and painted it (CENSORING was one of those.....TAOS, another). People inspire my art sometimes.....especially, of course, the commissioned pieces. Nature inspires.........I've used sticks and dried flowers in my paintings. I also love recycled things.....I've even got Shari "on the lookout" for stuff....she is always bringing me interesting stuff to use!

Right now, I'm sorta hung up on ZenTangles.........and I have a painting in the works called WINE that I'm blocking on. Go FIGURE! One of the things I KNOW and I'm stuck! lol That's just cruel, isn't it?

I love color........there are some I love more than others......the vibrant ones are the ones I love best, and they inspire me, too.

Thanks again for this neat thread, Doll!




girl_dee 06-04-2011 05:31 AM

Nature. Very simple for me.

dixie 06-04-2011 05:56 AM

Every where I look. Inspiration manifests in so many different forms. It's the reason my camera rarely leaves my side. :)

hpychick 06-04-2011 07:07 AM

It's the little things
 
I find inspiration in the simplest of things: a soft touch, a whispered word, the dew on a leaf, an overgrown yard (mine in particular..lol), puppy dreams, music, scents of bbq-grilling, sadness, joy, a new friendship, an old friendship.

There are so many things by which to be inspired, because everything has had life breathed into it in some way.


StillettoDoll 06-06-2011 05:03 AM

I finally broke my creative block over the weekend, it has been a few months. Got a lot of new ideas, and a new plan. Wow I got alot of work to do!



.http://images-partners-tbn.google.co...25202009/imagehttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e3fUHSEVMZ...lpillows14.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e3fUHSEVMZ...lpillows13.jpg

Diva 06-06-2011 05:23 AM

Same here, Doll!!! I finished WINE....it's in my Gallery! Weeeeee!!!!!


EmpressM 06-13-2011 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StillettoDoll (Post 264229)
Everybody's creative process is different, what gets you inspired?
As a creative type I am always looking for someone or something to
fuel the fire. theres a saying" Fire dies without tinder" and "No one build a cabinet by bare hands alone". I often get creative block , I guess that the same as writers block?....
They tell me all the time that I am very creative person , but most of the time I really dont see it.
I am always looking for inspiration & freshness ,and my orginality.
What got your creative juices flowing today or anyday?

:wateringgarden::badcook::chemist::knitboy:
:artist:

Great thread StillettoDoll! Thanks!

I like to find creative ways to inspire myself!

One of my favorites: My friend and I walk our dogs 2 miles every morning at the same time although we are 800 miles apart. So when I need a little boost of inspiration or a change in perspective I call and we chat while we are walking. He takes pictures of interesting things he sees and texts them to me during the walk and i do the same. It spurs on the converstion and the combination of talking to a person that artistically inspires me and a change in scenery via the pictures lets me approach my canvas with fresh eyes. :)

sweet_goldie_grrl 06-21-2011 04:31 PM

I get inspiration...
 
My inspiration comes from talking with my Daddy. Sometimes I'll just think about Him and how He makes me feel and it all just comes to me. The most beautiful word flow from me and I have to write them down. Our love is very inspirational!!

foxyshaman 06-22-2011 09:19 AM

I find inspiration in drumming. The rhythms find me and away I go. I come up with ideas for healing rituals or circles I am leading. And singing. I sing alot and it helps me to flow ideas. Yoga is also one of my biggest and most reliable avenues for creativity. I have received some of my best inspirations, writings and workshop ideas while in class.

I also dance when I am stuck. I put on my Bhudda cafe series and sway my hips and hands and next thing I know I am back at my desk and writing new sections for my website.

I don't do Art per se, but art is not limited to the visual expression of my internal workings. Rather it is how I reach out to the world, and sometimes I am even lucky enough to have the world reach back to me.

kannon 06-22-2011 10:05 AM

I find inspiration in pretty much the same things as everyone else. One of the hardest things to do is create something on command within a certain time frame. I think that's the reason a lot of writers have writer's block. Sequels are never as good as the original. The creative energy is sort of magical. Supply and demand doesn't govern creativity.

Two things inspire me: emotions and thoughts. People or environments that make me think and/or feel. Really anything that makes me think or feel.

deb_U_taunt 07-01-2011 05:59 PM

Inspiration comes from garage sale 'junk', pull apart lots, when twice a year the city allows people toss 'trash' to the curb in piles for pick up, old buildings and the list goes on.

Talon 04-09-2012 01:11 PM

Extraordinary beauty (visual and/or auditory)...my inner emotions (the good, the bad, and the ugly)...other's passions, creations and ideas can also inspire the creative process within me, as well.

mariamma 04-10-2012 02:00 AM

I am creative inspiration. I am a figure model :)

laruss 04-10-2012 06:15 PM

Water... Being in water or near water inspires me.

When I need to clear my head and think I take a bath, shower or go swimming.

When I get out of the water I am ready to write or paint, I just want to get into it because my head is full of things I need to express.

Samurai Wanderer 10-29-2012 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by katsarecool (Post 264247)
It doesn't take much for me anymore to be inspired. As a visual artist I am constantly looking for images that strike my fancy. Either in print form or plein aire. In fact, I do not have enough time to get everything on canvas or paper that pleases me.

This is how I'd start off. More ideas than what I know to do with. I pick and choose, and find that judgment kills creativity, and end up with little or no ideas to pursue.

Then I do this...

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharkchomp (Post 269644)
I think the key here is to relax and let the ideas come naturally. I don't think one can force an idea out of their brain. Breath, relax, focus on something far from whatever it is that you're doing and BAM! you'll be inspired.

... and if I can quieten myself enough, I'd eventually end up with a workable idea to build on. The more naturally I can relate to it, the easier it seems to develop. Still, the whole process can be quite an ordeal when creativity decides not to cooperate.

Recently, I've been letting this idea about the "creative genius" sink in:



Thanks for the interesting thread!

StillettoDoll 10-29-2012 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samurai Wanderer (Post 686731)
This is how I'd start off. More ideas than what I know to do with. I pick and choose, and find that judgment kills creativity, and end up with little or no ideas to pursue.

Then I do this...



... and if I can quieten myself enough, I'd eventually end up with a workable idea to build on. The more naturally I can relate to it, the easier it seems to develop. Still, the whole process can be quite an ordeal when creativity decides not to cooperate.

Recently, I've been letting this idea about the "creative genius" sink in:



Thanks for the interesting thread!

Love this talk! Creative fairies hmmmmmmm Thanks for sharing.

cinnamongrrl 10-29-2012 06:30 AM

I agree with Cajun Dee... I find infinite inspiration in nature...it's my energy...it's my church....being in the woods does me so much good, body and soul...it's something I need rather than want.....the woods are my happy place :)

:moonstars:


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