For all of those out there who write poetry, songs, music, or express themselves through some kind of art: What is your inspiration? What initially inspired you to get involved in that and are you still inspired by the same things?

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Techniques that apply lateral thinking to problems are characterized by the shifting of thinking patterns away from entrenched or predictable thinking to new or unexpected ideas. A new idea that is the result of lateral thinking is not always a helpful one, but when a good idea is discovered in this way it is usually obvious in hindsight, which is a feature lateral thinking shares with a joke.

Stupid ideas bounce off of each other and make new connections, thus leading to slightly less stupid ideas and connections. Rinse and repeat until a non-stupid idea is obtained.

I am also inspired by tragedy and by everything that goes wrong. I am inspired by hurt, by pain and by everything that emanates from a broken heart.

Lateral thinking how does that work?

I find inspiration in inconsequential details and lateral thinking.

Well, personally for me, being critical of things around me is an inspiration, to want to write about what I see is wrong in the world, or atleast something that adresses those issues. Inspiration is a difficult thing to grasp, becasue many times you are not even aware of what inspired you in the first place, its just something that is there that is dying to get out.

Are we looking for understanding?

Or maybe it's me, maybe I'm looking for understanding, for someone to say yeah I know what you mean thats exactly how I feel.

Maybe thats what inspires me.

I don't know if appreciating something is inspirational. I can think of things that I don't appreciate that I hate or am depressed by that... wait thats it I am depressed by something so I express it. but that still leaves the question of why being depressed makes me or whoever want to express that suffering.

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Its because when your down you appreciate whats around you more. When you have everything, you take everything for granted.

Inspiration comes from things around you, and if you are down and are appreciating things around you more, you are more inspired.

Except if your me, and can't bring yourself to really do anything somedays...

I can see that
"You're most alive when you're almost dead"-Tim O'Brien

Its because when your down you appreciate whats around you more. When you have everything, you take everything for granted.

Inspiration comes from things around you, and if you are down and are appreciating things around you more, you are more inspired.

I've heard that alot. That artists should be poor. That people are more artistic when they're down. Why?

What inspires me is the problems in my life (i'm a muscian) and i have found that when i'm upset i write poetry better.

Another thing that inspires me is my bottle of laundry detergent that is sitting on my desk next to my computer.

It's neon lime green and has a hazard sticker on it.

Makes me want jello.

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Well I go in the pool of cottage cheese if you go in with me. :P

If this inspires you people to write...then more power to you. I think...

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Makes me want to fill a swiming pool up with cottage cheese and throw Cap in, just cause.

LMAO...wow, nice. Hahahahaha. Wow.

Well I go in the pool of cottage cheese if you go in with me. :P

wlkr... you're not crazy.

My inspirtaion comes from the spider on my ceiling, its one of those little black spiders (they're cute), and the ceiling is one of those bumpy white ones.

Makes me want to fill a swiming pool up with cottage cheese and throw Cap in, just cause.

Trisscar made me smile, anyone else? anyways when I go into writing something...hmm I guess I kinda just do it. I don't know what inspires me when I want to write it just sort flows out like water. I usually start with a feeling that I've had and then try and convey it in my writing so I guess what inspires me is myself. which I think is good becuase sometimes I do stange,excuse me I mean interesting things like once I walked from golden gate park in San Francisco along the water front down to where South city starts. Am I insane?
ps. Don't answer that

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Snakes are cool. I love how they move. Mesmerising.

Yes. And the way they coil around things. Basically just the way they move their body. Its simply amazing.

And I am also inspired by everything you just said, YV. In no simple terms.