Where does Inspiration come from? By David Harris
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SX-c1xB2nDQ_US
After decades of searching for sources of inspiration, David looked to history to find his sources. Inspiration actually comes from inner breathing. He mentioned Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung with their contributions of inspiration, muses and even drugs, in a proposal that wondered if there is a part of the brain where inspiration lives. (It will be in the cortex).
He tells us that inspiration is slippery, that it must be kept in the peripheral vision. Without reflection there is no inspiration and he tries to prove that cultures can create barriers to inspiration, which I totally agree with.
“It took me 4 years to learn to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child” said Picasso, to state that we need to learn to see everything with fresh eyes. Inspiration, however, comes from when we dare to break barriers, to step out of the socially accepted.
Very good presentation, although the presenter almost sent me to sleep with jet lag. Without having to make the effort to stay awake, here in this link a little more: https://www.inspirationstrikes.co.uk/. New ideas are neither common nor sensible, they change the world and they are daring.
It must have been strong to propose that the world was not flat, or brave to say that we came from monkeys. Inspiration has to overcome the inertia of acknowledged truth, while people are the main source of inspiration. He concludes by recalling the importance of facilitating inspiration, of providing conditions for inspiration and the whole idea of stimulating it relentlessly.
