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Post by Elle Rush on Oct 17, 2005 13:50:19 GMT -5
What Inspires us to Write?
Do you write more in sadness or happiness?
Are you motivated by Humanity, Global Concerns, Family, Love, all of the above....
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Post by Elle Rush on Oct 17, 2005 14:09:09 GMT -5
I myself am very often inspired by the plight of myself and others... Survivors of all kinds inspire me greatly. Nature inspires me very much. Love concerns are a frequent subject matter in my poems and songs. I have always loved culture, and am enchanted by many cultures that find their way in references in my poetry, artwork and songs. Other huge influences on my own personal writings are mentors (writers, philosophers, intellectuals) before us. Plato, Galileo, Nostradamus... even Einstein. As well as many singers, songwriters and musicians.. My favorites being Stevie Nicks, Sarah McClachlan, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Hemingway, Dante, Sylvia Plath!!, Elizabeth-Seydell Morgan, and so many more.
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Post by Ken Corbett on Oct 18, 2005 8:08:48 GMT -5
Thanks, Elle, for sharing your sources of inspiration.
I am inspired by my passion for paddling. It leads me to explore those places close to home that seem so "far away", and shows me images and evokes feelings I want to share with others.
I also romanticise about wandering, and about what it was like long ago, and writing out my dreams about them brings me closer to what wanderers and medieval folk must have experienced, without me living their actual hardships. I can read old ballads for hours, if I come across some. But it has to be in modern English, I don't enjoy Shakespeare for instance, too archaic for me.
Oh. I've rambled on enough, methinks.
Ken
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Post by Elle Rush on Oct 18, 2005 9:52:17 GMT -5
Oh, no!! Really wonderful inspirations, Ken. I love nature as a source of inspiration- it is around us always. I have to raise an eyebrow at you not caring for Shakespeare. While I know many that feel exactly as you do, I actually love the language and even more so, love to "work it out" figure it out... an academic challenge. So much so that my 13 year old son is now reading my complete works of William Shakespeare. I help him, it is difficult, but he actually likes it! The stories themselves are so romantic, tragic, logical.... and illogical and Vibrant! What are some of the traveller's stories that you have enjoyed most? Do you enjoy Lord Byron and poems such as the Highwayman? What about Bernard Shaw? I have some "traveller's anthologies" and very old traveller's books.... I am a book collector, for purely selfish reasons- my love of reading. I am going to go dig to see which they are.
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Post by Ken Corbett on Oct 18, 2005 12:49:27 GMT -5
Well, Elle, perhaps I should look up Lord Byron. Thanks. I have a book of Shakespears, and since you are raising your eyebrow, I'll crack it again, lol!
I have the complete works of Tennyson, an old book with a lot of nice work in it. It's one of my favorite books. For instance, he wrote the Lady of Challott (sp).
I also have a copy of the complete works of Robert W. Service -- not the Yukon Service, but the English trench fighter in WW1. I know I'm getting off topic, but I like his works too, although they deal with war horrors.
I used to write poetry about love, but not so much lately. It goes in cycles.
The most enjoyable traveller's story I have ever read is "Goldmund and Narcissus" by Hermann Hesse. The central figure spends his life on the road, and the reader shares his hardships and wondrous moments almost first-hand.
"Siddhartha" by Hesse is also a classic rover's saga, both are dreamy and delicious. Some may find the reading hard slogging, but with the right mindset, they are good reads.
Ken
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