thought # 2- i am inspired by...

due to my lack of inspiration, i thought i would summon brilliance from the things that fortify me the most. this may be totally irrelevant to you but i challenge you to try some from the list and watch creativity ooze out of your brain like brad pitt getting shot in the head in that closet by george clooney in burn after reading (great movie, gross analogy sorry haha).

the 20 part inspiration list 

1. the Creator, the origin and source of all things creative and living. 
2. www.hel-looks.com and www.lookbook.nu. i could honestly spend sleepless days on these sites, oh street fashion God bless you.
3. modern novels. from truman capote, virginia woolf to vladmir nabakov... there is honestly something inspiring about depression, pedophiles, lesbians, insanity and milk (i.e. a clockwork orange).
4. foreign/abstract/hayao miyazaki films. because they actually make you think.
5. photographs. from bloodied bedsheets, animal heads on a beautiful girl, a brilliant sky or lovers fighting and flying kites on a summer afternoon, they capture everything it means to be human.
6. ugly, understated and unconventional things. the inspiration comes in finding the beauty of such objects/people. 
7. music. all you need is a pen, paper and someone as captivating as eva cassidy or bjork to compel you into a trance.
8. ikea. because if its furniture doesn't already get you excited, recollections of coming to this place and being buried alive in those ball-filled play rooms will. 
9. strangers. they may either end up as dicks or great people, like relationships really. 
10. cute awkward boys (personally there is one in particular).
11. ghosts. friendly ones like casper at least. 
12. my grandparents they remind me that aging isn't all that bad.
13. androgyny don't you love blurring the lines of he or she or shim?
14. morbidity i personally hate watching gore but horror stories told are precious jewels.
15. insomnia sometimes the best things written, made or said come from a state of frustrated, half- awake, abusive emotions.
16. beautiful jewellery because they either tell a family story, or remind you of queens and kings of ancient cultures and epochs... who most likely ended their lives hung, decapitated or something so very tragic.
17. triviality the little details are what spur big dreams and creativity.
18. the eastern suburbs of sydney it must be the aura, the poshy swank urban territory of the wealthy but look like they borrowed clothes off a hobo down the street. the markets, boutiques and culture infusion is sickeningly splendid.
19. fringes of every shape and form, i plan to write a tale one day beginning with a fringe. 
20. blogs other people's thoughts, inspirations and methods of handling life 

love 

p.s.  this photograph inspired me to write this today, many thanks to whoever posted this.