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I love a feeling of inspiration. It happens so rarely, too. There is nothing like it to lift my spirits out the abyssful cesspool that seems to hover around me like a haze. Okay, so I don't do metaphors, but its true.
I'm an artist of sorts, and the kind of inspiration I'm talking about actually drives me to design and draw. Its an incredible feeling; its like a massive flare of self determination and creativity. You feel like anything is within your reach. I know its cheesy to say that, but words are words, and sometimes the right ones are cheesy. Really, the only creations I'm truly proud of are those that I did while inspired like this.
You know something is truly inspiring when you look at it later on and feel that same inspiration. What really gets me is when I'm reminded of the thing (or person) that inspired me in the first place.
Okay, I let it slip. Yes, its usually a person that inspires me. I'm not a really sociable person, but its this kind of thing that keeps in public places and around other people. If that makes me sound like a stalker, I'm sorry, but I'm really not. A stalker follows with malicious intent. I only see and appreciate.
Inspiring people, to me, have something about them that makes them stand out. It can be something they're wearing, the way they're standing, or maybe just a facial expression. Its the pose, really. I just want to freeze time, and sculpt or draw them, so it can last forever.
Unfortunately, people would be concerned if I was actually snapping pictures of them razz
My point for this entry is: Today I encountered some inspiration. And it wrenches my heart to think that they might be different than I envision them. Sometimes, in order to keep the power of the creation and the inspiration, you have to take it completely out of context. It would kill me to think that this person was not the person I thought them to be, so I must keep my distance.
Its ironic, too. This time, I actually do have a snapshot, but I can't keep it.