I am a huge fan of sword and sorcery books and horror novels (try out Donna Boyd's "The Passion" and then "The Promise") rewrote the "werewolf" mythology, in a positive light!! Coudn't put it down. Turned on a couple of friends on to it, both, normally, don't care a thing for werewolves, but...both went out and bought the follow up (The Promise) and raved about the writing. They could actually see scenes form in their minds. That's the imagination working.
Reading books inspires the imagination. If you are reading a good book that makes your mind form images, then if you find a good idea that pops into your head later on, bring your scetch pad with you and put the idea on paper so you don't forget it. Your imagination is like your "dreaming self", they all go up in a puff of smoke after a while.
I am working on an 'angelic' image for my mom, I don't care for the one I am working on for her now, so last night, I started thinking of angels. All of a sudden a perfect, praying angel appeared before my minds eye, I poped up, got my sketch book and in THAT moment it was present in my minds eye (as I call it) I scetched out a perfect angel that I love. So I have to start the project over, but will be inspired througout it.
If you start something with NOTHING in your mind, allot of time, for me at least, I loose interest quickly. Everything I have created, on and off the computer, is through inspiration, inspiration is through your imagination, your imagination is inspired by events in your life, books that your read and of course images that your eyes fall upon and record into the brain. With all those elements strange and wonderful things take shape inside your mind, endlessly.
Of course then there's always artists block, ICK!!
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Richard
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