The Path of Inspiration

It never ends to fascinate me to watch the journey of inspiration from one person to another. I think of this because I have, myself, been inspired and it's interesting to see how I came to this inspiration from where others have been inspired. Example: An associate/friend of mine who is an exceptionally skilled silicone caster was inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean's Davy Jones to recreate him for his halloween costume. The latest part of the puzzle he is in the process of making is the tentacle hand.

 

So with octopi & tentacles fresh on my brain while watching my facebook news feed what should I happen to see? A sketch by one of my favorite artists Laura "Pelick" Siadak, who had just watched Swan Lake. I believe her sketch is supposed to represent feathers or something or the like, but when I looked at it all I saw were tentacles. 

I have been contemplating the idea of learning how to cast Platinum Silicone Rubber for custom costume pieces for a variety of reasons. That idea is now going to be a fact as I have an intense desire to  create the first octopi tentacle tutu seen on the internet. I'm sure it's rather hard to imagine but I can see it clearly and it will be amazing... someday when I have the skill & knowledge to make it.

Unplugged

This weekend I went camping, and it made me realize something I had been thinking about in the back of my mind for a while. When I go out during the weekends, when I stop paying attention to facebook and my email. I'm happier. I am much, much happier. The simple act of turning off the screen and going out and interacting with real people in the real world makes all difference in the world then if I were to have the same exact conversations with the same people at the same time over the internet. Yet when I'm home during the week I find it nearly impossible to get off facebook, to not check my email every five minutes... why is this? I know what's going to happen, the same thing that happens every day. Yet I can't help myself, why? I don't know exactly and I'm certain no one knows the answers for certain I happened upon a TED talk that I found most inspiring. I think from now on I will be spending more time unplugging from my technology and spending more time plugging into the real world, the world I can't control, where I don't know what is going to happen everyday and where there is room for excitement.