How to Find Inspiration

Inspiration is easy to find, because it is all around in everything you see. Like inspiration for a song can be found in a funny moment with your best friend, or a scene you might like to paint can be found by watching a sunset, even a plot for a book can be quite simple to acquire, like a life story of someone close to you or a dream you had one night. whatever creative thing you wish to find inspiration for it can be quite simple, if you open your eyes to the wonderful world around you.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

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   Open your mind. Be open to any suggestions from a friend, relative even a stranger or someone you just met, the minds of others is one of your best resources so be sure to use it often.
   Also, most of the time people can give you the best ideas for something because they are not trying to, so pay attention to what others say or do, you might just be writing the next big hit on the radio because a conversation you over heard or a moment where you saw the world through someone else eyes.

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   Look around you. what is the one thing that is always happening around you and never stops? Life. Life is all around, and if you pay more attention to the world around you, inspiration is at every corner. So maybe try sitting somewhere (like a park or bus stop) with a sheet of paper and a pen and write down (or maybe sketch out) the things you notice around you, if you clear you mind and release it from our tiny little mental boxes we put ourselves in, you can feel the world around you, and inspiration is everywhere you look.

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   Do something you've never done before. join a dance class, maybe even a pottery class or photography class, something creative that stimulates your brain. Dance, pottery and photography are all forms of art, and joining a group like that will be surrounding yourself with creative opportunities and resources. There are millions of things you could do that will be creatively stimulating to get rid of writer's block or just to find inspiration because you feel like it.

Tips & Warnings

• These are all just suggestions, be creative and come up with your own ways of finding inspiration and don't be scared to try new things.
• These are suggestions only and are not guaranteed to work for everyone.
• Be safe.

[Wasatch]

on 3/14/2009 Good article. We all nee the boost in inspiration from time to time.