Inspiration - that force that drives us to create, to write, to do, to make, to accomplish...

How are you inspired? What is it that you can look at, hear, think, be a part of, touch that gives you that feeling that you have to, MUST, make a positive impact on something else? Create something? Write something?

For me - it's random. I can hear a song and think "this song reminds me of this or that character" and I need to write something involving that character.

I can talk to a friend about a point in Historical Research and BAM! I've got the idea for a new Conference Paper rolling around in my head.

The weirdest inspiration I have to date? My hubby, Matthew, had a dream about himself and told me about it. That dream inspired an Urban Supernatural book that I am about halfway through writing and it's been a fun romp to write!

Inspiration is in everything: music, conversation, other books, research, a cloud moving across an otherwise clear sky, the moon shining full and bright on a clear cold night through the branches of a leafless tree, the sound of the waves rolling up on the sandy beach as the sun comes up over the horizon, the smell of a thunderstorm as lightning streaks across the sky...

There is inspiration in everything and I certainly hope that I keep being inspired to create, to write, to research, to have grand epiphanies about life in general throughout my life...

And I hope that you are inspired by awesome things, too. I hope that you are inspired to create, to write, to draw, to paint, to research, to study, to do, to make, to accomplish...all good things in your life as you move through your space and time.

That's all I wanted to say tonight.

Remember: Life is an Adventure! Live It!