Music for sure. Sometimes it’s the tune, others the lyrics, but when both are exceptional it becomes inspiration magic. Marry that with a great view-- the ocean definitely-- perhaps overlooking city lights.
It gives one a sense of possibility of all that may be taking place in the buildings twinkling in the distance. How many lives are changing drastically as I view the lights from on high. How many people are discovering important things in their lives and about themselves. And most definitely, how many people at that instant are finding love and thereby changing the world for the better. Lots of places for the imagination to explore.
Like Frank, music often stirs memories/feelings that serve as great writing prompts. And I've loved the ocean since my Dad took us there for the first time, five+ decades ago. Being in nature (in all her glorious forms) is inspiring. Anytime I tune out the 'everyday chaos' deeper reflection becomes more possible.
I don’t think of myself as a “creative,” but I do write quite a bit. I can’t say what it is that finally moves me to start a piece, just a feeling I guess. However, in between pieces, I sometimes like to look at song lyrics and then listen to the song to see how the lyrics are sung.
I don’t know how inspirational this is, but it is a cheap and easy way of learning and experiencing a lot of things simultaneously: poetry, music, history, biography, geography, etc.
(Kudos to someone for making subtitles available with Dylan’s songs. Not all YouTube songs have this, which is a shame for anyone trying to improve their English or having difficulty understanding the lyrics.)
As all Dylanologists know, the title refers to the highway that connected Dylan’s birthplace, Duluth, Minnesota, with New Orleans, and is sometimes called the Blues Highway.
A deadline ;-)
Music for sure. Sometimes it’s the tune, others the lyrics, but when both are exceptional it becomes inspiration magic. Marry that with a great view-- the ocean definitely-- perhaps overlooking city lights.
It gives one a sense of possibility of all that may be taking place in the buildings twinkling in the distance. How many lives are changing drastically as I view the lights from on high. How many people are discovering important things in their lives and about themselves. And most definitely, how many people at that instant are finding love and thereby changing the world for the better. Lots of places for the imagination to explore.
Like Frank, music often stirs memories/feelings that serve as great writing prompts. And I've loved the ocean since my Dad took us there for the first time, five+ decades ago. Being in nature (in all her glorious forms) is inspiring. Anytime I tune out the 'everyday chaos' deeper reflection becomes more possible.
I don’t think of myself as a “creative,” but I do write quite a bit. I can’t say what it is that finally moves me to start a piece, just a feeling I guess. However, in between pieces, I sometimes like to look at song lyrics and then listen to the song to see how the lyrics are sung.
I don’t know how inspirational this is, but it is a cheap and easy way of learning and experiencing a lot of things simultaneously: poetry, music, history, biography, geography, etc.
Example: Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited”:
https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/highway-61-revisited/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hr3Stnk8_k
(Kudos to someone for making subtitles available with Dylan’s songs. Not all YouTube songs have this, which is a shame for anyone trying to improve their English or having difficulty understanding the lyrics.)
As all Dylanologists know, the title refers to the highway that connected Dylan’s birthplace, Duluth, Minnesota, with New Orleans, and is sometimes called the Blues Highway.