I have noticed that many times after I start writing, I get an inspiration to write a totally different piece. It would have no connection with my initial chain of thoughts, but the idea would be so compelling that I have to leave everything to write it down!
Sometimes I would be writing a short story and suddenly would get inspired to write a poem, that too on a totally unrelated topic. Just out of the blue, inspirations strikes!! And after I am done, there is a satisfying feeling, like after you have had a rather good meal or watched a romantic comedy or bought a lovely pair of high heels (guys would never get this, but that's another post)!
Now an "inspiration" (to write) is very different from "to be inspired" (to write). Atleast that's what I think.
You might be siting in your wicker chair, looking at the sun slide smoothly behind the horizon. The beauty and grace of the moment when the sky turns a deep red, then orange, then violet may inspire you or in other words, you may "be inspired" (by the sunset) to write a sonnet or a love story.
This is however, drastically different from the time, when you may be chopping an onion, eyes stinging, hoping the pasta boils quickly, when you get struck by inspiration. Like a lightening bolt, characters of a story flash in your mind and leave you stunned. Like an obstinate puppy, they drag at your heels, begging you to drop the onion and rush to the PC.
Must put words on paper! Must key in the plot or rhyme the lines before any other idea pushes the inspiration out!
Sometimes I would be writing a short story and suddenly would get inspired to write a poem, that too on a totally unrelated topic. Just out of the blue, inspirations strikes!! And after I am done, there is a satisfying feeling, like after you have had a rather good meal or watched a romantic comedy or bought a lovely pair of high heels (guys would never get this, but that's another post)!
Now an "inspiration" (to write) is very different from "to be inspired" (to write). Atleast that's what I think.
You might be siting in your wicker chair, looking at the sun slide smoothly behind the horizon. The beauty and grace of the moment when the sky turns a deep red, then orange, then violet may inspire you or in other words, you may "be inspired" (by the sunset) to write a sonnet or a love story.
This is however, drastically different from the time, when you may be chopping an onion, eyes stinging, hoping the pasta boils quickly, when you get struck by inspiration. Like a lightening bolt, characters of a story flash in your mind and leave you stunned. Like an obstinate puppy, they drag at your heels, begging you to drop the onion and rush to the PC.
Must put words on paper! Must key in the plot or rhyme the lines before any other idea pushes the inspiration out!
Am not sure which force is stronger. Which force pushes out the masterpiece lurking in every creator's mind. Which force creates from the heart. Am not sure which is more genuine. Is it when you are inspired by something or someone or is it when the idea strikes and you get an inspiration?
Whichever it is, would love to be inspired by inspiration!
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