What inspires us? What makes us want to create? What makes us want to grow and learn and the best question of all- is every thought and original thought or just another adaptation of another idea?

I can offer these tips on the process:

Inspiration from other sources is what creativity is all about. It seems that many people believe creativity involves pulling a completely brand new idea out of thin air or somewhere else... In truth, I feel creativity is an adaptive process that consists of looking at the same existing thing everyone else is and thinking about it differently.

Even Michelangelo believed that “the best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.” He saw his sculptures within the mass of marble, and simply removed the parts that didn’t belong in order to “free the figures slumbering in the stone.”

Look in unlikely places for connections and angles that can enhance your idea. If only one aspect of another subject area meets your needs, roll like Michelangelo and get rid of the parts that don’t belong.

Words to think about over the rainy weekend.

Get creative, get inspired!