Wednesday, August 09, 2006

My sister brought me some magazines from the US, and they are so great. And so very inspiring.

Which is funny, because they are not really about stuff that I do or make.

Cloth, Paper, Scissors is mainly about altered books, scrapbooking and things related to that, with a bit of fiber art thrown in. It seems a bit too... I dunno.. to me.. Pretty and cute, perhaps. Which is odd coming from me; I love pretty and cute! But a different kind, I guess... Nah, it's not the cute and pretty that sorta annoys me about it, I think it's because the things are too... sincere. I find it rather navel-gazing, and I like things better when they have a dash of irony...

Juxtapoz is about underground art and culture, and a lot of it is kinda dark and gritty, with a lot of skulls, robots and such. And it looks to me like there is more irony in the art here. Although I have no doubt that the artists are just as sincere about their art as the ones in Cloth, Paper, Scissors.

Anyway, I think the differences between the two, and the fact that I was reading one after the other, is what just gave me loads of ideas for things I want to make or try out.

The ideas kept coming, so finally I had to pull out my Moleskine to write them down - I have a couple of pages full of ideas. How great is that!? I love when this kind of thing happens. It just shows that ideas can come from anywhere, even when you're not looking for them.

That's why it's so important to learn new things, especially things that might be outside your normal sphere of interests. You never know where inspiration might be lurking, just waiting to hit you!

I love going to the library and just pick up books that look vaguely interesting; I don't think T understands this. "Why do you need those 5 books? You've got another 5 at home!" It's inspiration!

What inspires you?

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