Mind to Hand Inspiration

One of the things that inspired me more than anything well before I even started talking pictures was drawing. Taking things that I saw and trying to recreate them my drawing them, which for me is the exact same thing I do now with photographs. I was never the most amazing artist, and feel I can much better relate what I see through photographs but when you draw all the time you get better and better. These are some of my favorite drawings.

The things I really loved to draw were people, hands, and other body parts. I draw in a semi realistic style. Now when I go back to look at my drawings, I feel inspired to create photographs from them. Also to sit down and draw again. I also find other people's drawings very inspiring, because I am in awe of how talented some people are with just there hands, a pencil and a piece of paper. I'm always especially impressed by other peoples abilities to recreate hair.

I found this link on how to draw hair in pencil, because it is the one thing in drawing I find very challenging. http://www.elfwood.com/farp/theart/maeryhair/maeryhair.html. They make it look much easier than it actually is.

Inspiration Taken To A New Level - Human Library

Today I'm going to post about one of the things that has been the biggest inspiration to me and that is books and how they have changed and grown to inspire me and others.

The invention of writing was a magnificent thing that started ways of communication and learning. Since then it has expanded not only to a vast learning base but into a means of looking into other peoples imaginations. Some of my biggest ideas and inspirations come from images carefully laid out in detail in stories, or through a quote perfected in a book.

Books

Now we can even  receive our inspiration on the go. This is my sony ereader. When I first got it I was a little hesitant because there is something wonderful about holding a book in your hand, and leafing through the pages. Soon I discovered that whatever form my stories are in there is still something magical that can pull you into a story and let your mind make up what it looks like.

Sony Ereader

Being a photographer, makes me a very visual person, so taking in new information through words in books is like exercise for my imagination. People, places, and buildings so wonderfully described for me to see them in my mind.

I find that the best way to help me explore my ideas is to have more information. Knowledge about different things all over the world that I can turn into pictures.

Today my boyfriend sent me this link.
http://humanlibrary.org/what-is-the-living-library.html

This takes intaking information from books to something more interactive and personal.
The human library is, "In its initial form a mobile library set up as a space for dialogue and interaction. Visitors to a Human Library are given the opportunity to speak informally with “people on loan”; this latter group being extremely varied in age, sex and cultural background."


This mixes books the main inspiration of this post along with the next best way to find inspiration, which is people, different people from all over the world.

There are going to be 6 events in Ottawa on the 28th of January so I think if I'm in need of some inspiration I might stop by.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_writing

Starting to Blog

Today I'm starting my blog.
I think my theme for my blog will be inspiration.

So I figured I would start with a story about something that inspired me. It was summer and I was walking onto the back deck of my parents home and I saw the apple blossoms on the apple tree in the back yard. I had the feeling that I couldn't not take pictures of them. So I ran into the house to get my camera and about 20 minutes later I got this. After 2 days all of the blossoms were gone.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple