Inspiration comes in many forms and has the potential for making us better. It’s wonderful listening to a master violinist and any musician finds within themselves a desire to be as good as someone that good! It’s also fabulous to walk through an art museum and see the finest pieces of art that have been inspiring artists, and pretty much the whole world for centuries.
There are aspects of inspiration that make us want to raise the standard in our own pursuits. When we find ourselves inspired by another artist we need to turn it into our own originality.
I was searching through radio stations not long ago and heard the lyrics of an old hip-hop song by N.W.A called “Express Yourself”. The words that really resonated with me was “Don’t be another sequel…”. We can see the wonderful things that others do and allow us to be original.
