Inspiration...

What inspires you as an artist?

I find this a difficult question. Most people around me have a specific artist in mind while, I do not. I do have a few people though, but they are not art...art artists. They are not the charcoal, pencil on paper artists, but they are artists. Alfred Hitchcock, Hayao Miyazaki, Corinne Bailey Rae, Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, The Who, Queen, Three Dog Night, Panic at the Disco, My Chemical Romance...I have a wide variety of things that inspire me. And they are just a hand full of things that make me want to create. However, most of them are not the drawing-type of artist.

They all inspire me and I shall go in depth with why they do soon, but for now I will just name some. This is all about the feeling of Inspiration and can get inspired by the most random things. I know I do. When someone does something out of the ordinary to help someone, I feel really happy. When people are laughing and enjoying themselves in class, I feel happy that they are happy. My little baby nephews who are so adorable make me happy, so whenever I pick them up or watch over them I feel somewhat rejuvenated. I am inspired by things like that...

I do look at other art art artists and become motivated to do my best and yet, music and movies mainly get me going. I sing whenever I am working and dancing whenever I feel the need to. I also make sure I am alone when I dance. (My dancing is like...interpretive dance.) When I can I play a movie while I am working and I watch those intense scenes in awe. Russell Crowe gently walks in the wheat field  touching them and I get teary every time. "Gladiator" for those who do not know the movie.

I get inspired by them.