Inspire and be inspired.

I'm afraid that's easier said than done most days. I would like to think that I inspire someone, somewhere, every so often.

Getting inspired, on the other hand, seems a little more difficult these days. Well, that's not entirely true. Doing something, when feeling inspired, is more the problem. For instance, whenever I go to a concert(which is at least once a month - check out this series, it great! www.backroadshouseconcerts.com), I feel the desire to write. Watching other artist present their creations, make me want to create. So there I sit, with a running monologue in my mind, which could, quite often, end up as the opening chapter of a novel. And then I leave, go home, and if I'm still awake enough, I try to recreate what was in my head. It's never the same. I often wonder what I could produce if I could just dictate what's in my mind as it happens, or better yet, type in on my laptop. But, that would be rude wouldn't it? To sit and type during the middle of a performance. Not only are you not paying attention, you're also being noisy. It just seems that if I don't capture that inspiration the moment it hits, I lose it completely. Even when it comes to blogging. Something will come up that I want to rant about in the evening and by morning(I only have internet access at work...shhhh!), the thoughts just aren't as passionate. They don't flow as comprehensively, and I sit staring at a mess of words, or worse yet, a blank screen.

Perhaps this is just a severe case of writer's block, well, artist's block, since I really don't want to pick up a camera either. Let's just hope it's fleeting. I would hate to think that I'll have to live with this frustration forever.