Inspiration

I'm a firm believer in inspiration. Everyone should find something that inspires them to help them accomplish a task or goal. Some say they don't know what inspires them, and I beg to differ. Think of something your passionate about. That should be your inspiration, and you should suddenly be in the 'inspired' mood to go out and finish your project.




As many of you know, I'm currently working on my Christmas light show. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, this should explain more.
But for those that do know, I also need inspiration to give this everything I got. I find my inspiration from Disneyland. That's why the majority of my music for my shows are somehow related to Disney. (I never give out the music to my show before it starts. You just have to come and see it to find out. :)  )

Over the past summer, I saw World of Color at Disney California Adventure for the first time. To me that was instant inspiration. Just the lighting around the Disney Parks inspire me. I'm the one who rides Small World, and stares at the ceiling to see the lights, and what techniques the Imagineers used to bring the props to life. And like recently, I'm a single rider. You know, almost 20 year old guy, riding Small World alone, just staring up and occasionally at the dolls to see what lights are where, and how they are used. Hey, I can't help it. It inspires me. (Sadly not a lot of single girls ride Small World alone. They are usually accompanied by their lover.) 


For all those that seek inspiration, and for all those that experience it, you know it's hard to get in that special mood where you can only concentrate on whatever your working on and stay in that mindset. I came across this quote that really explains this problem, and what to do when it occurs.


"It doesn't matter if you're a writer or a baker. When the mood strikes you and you find you can suddenly make things happen, do everything to stay in that mood. Create, build, bake. You can always rework later."
-Randy Murray

That is so very true that many do not follow. Usually we get sidetracked or we are simply too busy to continue working on whatever it is we are working on. The excuses we can come up with are actually pretty pathetic.

I hope that the next time you are inspired, you run with it. It will only benefit your work.