"Dreams are the things that keep us fighting. Fighting for our goals and when we well do... We are fighting with passion and there's nothing more beautiful than a person with a passion so strong that it makes her or him glow."
But do you know which method works best for me? Surround myself with art in all forms. Books, pictures, plaques, music, just going out and really watch the world -- the nature, the buildings and the humans. Watch it all. How do people move? Do they use their bike, their car, motorcycle or something else? What is the diffrences between the elder and the younger people, except their age of course. And after seeing the diffrences between the people in different ages start to watch people who look like they are in the same age. (I tell you to watch the world, not to stalk people, to make it clear). Already knowing the differences and actually study them is a difference. You don't need to sit with a notebook in centrum if you don't like to, but it's a nice way to train your writing. If you study the world and see the differences who connect us to each other while you are writing it down there's a bigger chance you will remember it later when you start to write "on real" or maybe your "real" idea comes to you while you are looking into other humans' lives. And if you already are writing something don't be afraid over to start something new. If you want to continue the other work but still want to test your new idea don't just write the idea down somewhere. Give it a start, a prologee, a first chapter, give it a solid base, just so you can return to it another day and remember what you wanted, because you have a piece of what you wanted right ahead you. A little piece of something bigger.
By watching people and writing down the things you see and think are... remarkable is going to give your story details that makes your story remarkable. It's often the smallest details that makes a story complete and... perfect in some eyes.
Anyway, now I came of the track... If you want inspiration just go outside and watch the clouds, the birds, the children if there's any and watch and think. Maybe you see an old tower or building, or just field, whatever it is you are seeing... have you ever wondered how it was before your family was there, before you were there? Let's say 200 years back in time, what was it like there you are living now? What I mean is that everything has a story, even the ground itself. Everything has a story -- it's just a question whether it's been discovered or not. And that's what artists do. They are trying to tell a story. That's what we do with our lives, even if you aren't an artist your whole life is your own story you probably one day will tell someone. Artists just choose to have more than one story to tell. Whether it's painting, writing, sculpting or something else you are giving it a story, a little life in it's own way, you are making something and fill it with emotions you may or may not remember one day when you look at it again. And that's what we, the artists, do. We create stuff and give it a story and sometimes a life.
We give happiness, tears, anger, frustration, longing and a lot of other things. It's a gift to the world from the bottom of our hearts. We make you feel something and that's a bigger gift than some people can ever understand. And, at the same time we give a little bit of ourselves, to the art -- movies, books, paintings, clothes, themes to websites -- and to you. I think, I hope, that every artist thinks in this way so that I haven't written something and almost said that I'm "speaking for every artist" and then don't. I really don't want to offend anyone.
Remember that even if you get paid for your sort of art it's still art. Even if you sell your paintings, if you sell your rights on your texts/books it's still art. Even if you are a designer your clothes are still art though someone paid you for doing them. It's still art whatever the situation is, for there's always a reason why we continue and at least the majority of artist probably continues because they love what they are doing.
So, whatever your art is, just take a good look outside, on the world, go to places you haven't been and observe the things you maybe haven't really been observing before. The sky, the birds -- how do they move? How do they fly? How do they sing their songs? Maybe it isn't songs? Maybe the "songs" are screams? Maybe the birds are trying to take over the world? --, even things as simple as stones. Observe it closely because you never know what you can be missing if you don't give it a chance. So, give the world a chance. Go somewhere and observe things. And, as a payment you maybe will find more inspiration while you have given yourself another chance to train on what you love.
And, if you don't like going outside for some reason that only you know about, remember that there's always the Internet. Pictures, songs, stories, art in all form are available on the Internet. (Tumblr is a fantastic place for art, Benjamin Von Wong is a really cool artist too who has his own YouTube channel where he talks about his work, I think, I haven't really been able to check our the videos, Anne Stokes too, then there's Wattpad, ao3, YouTube and other places on the Internet where you can see art and make it too.)
"And, the shining light of passion will light up other peoples' worlds and show them something far more interesting if they just look closely; we are all small gods of creation. And together we have built up a whole world. And, if that isn't art, tell me, what is?"
-- Selma.
