In this feature, each month artists share one thing that excites them creatively.
One key piece to support healthy, productive creativity is stimulating inputs. What kinds of things stimulate the creative centers of the brain? What kind of inputs stimulate us visually? Emotionally? Spiritually? Mentally? Physically?
I’d really like to know, what’s one thing that fills your creative cup? Share with us in the comment section below.
Matthew Johnson
Hello M.A. bloggers, my name is Matthew Johnson and my creative stimulation dwells within the realm of the creation we call “Life.” From the tiniest insects that stroll around among the vast plains, and rolling hills of this planet, to the human machines that occupy this world, and discover the ins and outs about our existences through experiences. There are so many outlets that my artistic view drives upon, and my mind travels alongside imagination avenue with my solar-battery operated automobile packed full of music, paint, pens, and a broken navigational device (to ensure that I am in no way shape or form ‘set’ within any boundaries of expression). As you stroll through the corridors of the imagination, it is only you that can entail what you see and then begin to proceed to create the pieces you’re driven to produce. Continue all the great work, and may peace be your imagination’s significant other.
Matthew Johnson
Toni Murgas
Things that inspire me may be a picture of nature, a book I’m reading, a dream or a song. I was reading a book on Edward Manet and how he used to cut paper as he got older to create his art. This inspired me to cut and paste colored paper.
Toni Murgas
Being out in nature is what inspires me. If I had to stay in the studio it just won’t be the same positive and wonderful experience. I truly love the unexpected way that changing light and weather plays upon the landscape. The seemly drab and dull can be completely transformed in minutes. To me it is like a cliff hanger movie, but in a pleasant way. Being an keen observer of the natural world is what it is all about for me. Standing at our easels for hours, we too become part of the landscape. It is that feeling of connection that fills my heart and gives me peace and joy, no matter what else is going on in my life otherwise.
Love it, Suzanne! How you perceive watching the changes in the light and weather so exciting and suspenseful and this – “Standing at our easels for hours, we too become part of the landscape.” I’m going to tweet that as a quote from you!