& I have not made one piece!
I've decided that my inspiration is not being harvested........(its not being sown either, but that is something else entirely)
Inspiration is stifled by facebook. I am serious. For all its glory...facebook can destroy single handedly GPAs, full night's sleep, and also my inspiration. It seems to suck it right out of me....like an eager vacuum. Here is an example for your benefit: I return from class, skip down the hall, elated by my afternoon freedom and enter my room. I begin to prepare my "work area" for the master painting I've been dreaming of when, suddenly, a little, sniggley idea foists itself upon me.....2 minutes: facebook. We all know how I behave from here. Two minutes turns into five hours later. I awake abruptly from the stupor where I've lulled clicking robotically. I find that the world continued on while I breaked. My hallmates finished their work and their dinners. My roommate is turning out the light. How did this happen? When did my inspiration dissolve? Definitely during those clicks through past profile pictures, friends of friends blogs and super-pokes.
But I know that facebook is not the only culprit to inhibit inspiration from manifesting itself tangibly. There is also the atmosphere of my dorm room, my four walls can make a stifling climate. The worst of all inspiration-theives is the box of my own mind. I'm not trying to sound Matrix here....but I can totally limit my own creativity by fear and laziness...by curtailing those wondrous and bizarre possibilities with the mundane and safe options.
I need freedom! I need air! I need to make art already!
I find inspiration in:
- scripture
- poetry
- ocean and sky
- other art
- good books
Where does one start? How can I carry over my ideas into reality?
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