Once Upon a Time discussion

Music is the inspiration behind a lot of artistic work. What's your inspiration? Be it music- care to share? Be it a great book- care to discuss it? Be it real life experiences, care to enlighten us? Tell us, what's your inspiration.

I'm a visual person, so I get a lot of my inspirations form what I see. Art work, such as paintings, drawings, and form movies. Plus what I read.

Janessa wrote: "I'm a visual person, so I get a lot of my inspirations form what I see. Art work, such as paintings, drawings, and form movies. Plus what I read."

Who's your favorite artist?

Lee-lette wrote: "Janessa wrote: "I'm a visual person, so I get a lot of my inspirations form what I see. Art work, such as paintings, drawings, and form movies. Plus what I read."

Who's your favorite artist?"

Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Vince van Gogh, The Impressionists and Neoimpressionists, Kandinsky

Forgot to mention Degas. I love his paintings of ballet dancers, which I am using as inspiration for a story I am writing.

Janessa wrote: "Forgot to mention Degas. I love his paintings of ballet dancers, which I am using as inspiration for a story I am writing."

What's the story about?

I find my inspiration all around. Corny, I know, but it's true.

We all get a bit corny sometime or another.

my writing is always influenced by what I'm reading at the time

I think all of us are like that, Sonya: "my writing is always influenced by what I'm reading at the time ... ."

True

Hey i'm new, anyways i get inspiration to write based on the mood i'm in. Anyone else?

I have started using Pinterest

Vatashia wrote: "Hey i'm new, anyways i get inspiration to write based on the mood i'm in. Anyone else?"

Yea, sometimes.

Ps- Welcome to the group Vatashia :)

Janessa wrote: "I have started using Pinterest"

That site is so helpful sometimes. No, i'm not on it though.

Do you guys think that the environment in which we reside can influence our literary art?

It's possible. The war/battle sequences in both The Hobbit and LOTR were inspired by Professor Tolkien's service in the British Army during WWI... .as an officer

Interesting. Thanks Amber, I didn't know that.

Lee wrote: "Do you guys think that the environment in which we reside can influence our literary art?"

I live in Colorado, near the rocky mountains, and I know a lot of artist have been inspired by them. Like the song "America the Beautiful" and John Denver wrote his hit "Rocky Mountain High" based on the beauty of Colorado.

I didn't, either, until a few years ago. A 2003 bio of him, called Tolkien and The Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth, goes into more detail about this, Lee. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... has more information for anyone interested in it.

Oh, okay.

Janessa wrote: "Lee wrote: "Do you guys think that the environment in which we reside can influence our literary art?"

I live in Colorado, near the rocky mountains, and I know a lot of artist have been inspired b..."

Kool. Has your environment ever inspired you to write? or has it impacted your writing?

Lee wrote: "Janessa wrote: "Lee wrote: "Do you guys think that the environment in which we reside can influence our literary art?"

I live in Colorado, near the rocky mountains, and I know a lot of artist have..."
Not really, but maybe it can. I never thought of that.

Okay

C.S. Lewis, a friend of Professor Tolkien's was also a solider in WWI.

Do you just randomly research these things or are they brought to your attention?

Usually it's all random as hell. Sometimes, something will be pointed out to me while I'm looking for something else.

Oh, okay.