May 21, 2019
From time to time I’m asked where I find my inspiration. Frankly, I find it almost effortlessly! Like everyone I guess, I find it easy to put things off until the time is just right. But it’s amazing how infrequently the stars align and I find myself with brush (or pastel) in hand in front of some beautiful scene at some remote location I’ve been dreaming of visiting for years.
Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s worth planning the trips and making the effort to see the places you dream about. But I think it’s even more important to keep your eyes open, to stay awake and engaged with the world that’s around you at this very moment! Maybe it’s all you’ve got at this very moment. And maybe it’s enough.
Sometimes inspiration just sneaks up on you. Like this morning when I stepped out to this view of aspen trees we planted a few feet from our front door.
”You’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration. You’re all I’ve got to get me by.”
~ Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Let’s keep in touch, Marshall
First observation then comes inspiration and finally creation.
I saw the most perfect yellow clover growing in a crack of the
sidewalk, absolutely symmetrical. One doesn’t really need a vacation
in Tahiti to be amazed..