Everyday Canvas

Things that Inspire

Prompt: Make a list of everything that inspires you-from books to websites, paintings, movies, and anything else you can think of.

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Just about everything inspires me. People, animals, nature, events, weather, cities, nations, any kind of information, etc. Yes, movies, too inspire me, but TV and movies don’t encourage my imagination much. I am basically a reader. I especially like books, and I can visualize anything in a book much better than a movie or TV can show it on screen.

This everything revolution, if you call it that, came about after I started writing free-flow every day. After a good many years off free-flowing, I find I can write about whatever is in front of me, good or bad, but the words come, especially if I am in a quiet place and no one is talking to me and there is no noise to distract me.

I really can’t make a list of things that inspire me because how do you make a list of everything? I can only pinpoint instances when an experience is so rewarding that I don’t take the time to think it is inspiring while I am in it. For example, when I am at the beach enjoying the waves or dinner with people I like or music, arts, and books; in addition, happiness when it is contagious from someone who’s happy about something in his or her life. Also, negative experiences when something leaves me sad or in a shock, which in those instances, my mind records the situation as a referral for later. What I mean is, I become the one (somewhat in an out-of-myself fashion) watching me and others experiencing that moment.

As I said, everything and anything can be an inspiration when I take the time and consider it.