“Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).”
― Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Inspiration happens every day if you pay attention to it. It is not something that just magically appears, at least it doesn’t for me. I have to consciously look for it. We are often too busy to take the time to find inspiration, some may even consider it a waste of time. There are things that have to be done, dishes to wash, work to be done and bills to be paid. Who has time for inspiration? Inspiration, to me, is what makes life worth living. To be inspired by something or someone or someplace sets my soul on fire. To pass a spark of that inspiration on to someone else fans the spark and makes it burn brighter. That alone is worth the time to go and find the inspiration
Inspiration is all around us the trick is to know it when you see it. Take a look around and examine things closely. Inspiration is fed by curiosity, for without curiosity innovation and inspiration would not occur. Take washing the dishes for example. It can be a mundane chore that must be done or it can be a FUN experimentation on the formation of bubbles and color. If you look at the bubbles only as a white foam then you are missing the wonders that lie underneath.
Curiosity stopped me the other day while I was doing the dishes. The bubbles from the soap attracted me all of a sudden so I ran to get my camera.
The curiosity sent me down the path to the inspiration. It all started with the, “I wonder.” The next thing I knew I was examining bubbles even closer.
The pictures that were captured inspired me even more, so yesterday when I was home due to snow I played around with the photos to see what I could do.
The illustration still needs quite a bit of tweaking, but I like where the bubbles took me. Little did I know that the simple act of doing the dishes would lead me down a rabbit hole full of color and exploration. What a tumble it was.
Please excuse me now while I go and finish up the dishes.
