What Inspires You?

Inspiration

 

Here I sit, waiting for inspiration to hit me.

Like what?

A slap in the face? A ton of bricks?

Something I’ll easily recognize, I hope.

Will I see the inspiration behind my thoughts?

Will I be open to divine intervention?

Would I know a sign,

Even if it had giant, flashing arrows pointed at it?

Would I mistake it for a bug,

An inconvenience?

Something to swat out of existence before it even gets started?

Or would I be offended because someone had slapped me?

Will I be too busy carpooling, cooking, and cleaning bathrooms

To see what is right in front of me?

I’ll take a minute now,

With the kids screaming in the yard,

Trying to figure out what to make for dinner,

And wait to be inspired.

c Coreena McBurnie, 2009


I would love to hear how other people get inspired for their creative adventures?  Do you need a certain "head space", music, place, feeling?  Please feel free to comment.